New Zealand Covid-19 outbreak grows with 7 new cases; Australia's Victoria reports 303 cases

WELLINGTON/MELBOURNE (REUTERS) - New Zealand on Saturday (Aug 15) reported seven new cases of the coronavirus as a lockdown in the country's biggest city, Auckland, was extended on Friday in response to the country's first coronavirus outbreak in months.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WELLINGTON/MELBOURNE - New Zealand on Saturday reported seven new cases of the coronavirus as a lockdown in the country's biggest city, Auckland, was extended on Friday in response to the country's first coronavirus outbreak in months.

The lockdown in Auckland, home to 1.7 million people, was extended for nearly two weeks, and followed the discovery on Tuesday of the country's first Covid-19 infections in 102 days, in a family in Auckland. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, is now, however, under pressure ahead of a upcoming general election, with the main opposition National Party accusing the government of failing to secure quarantine facilities and withholding information.

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