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It's the new UK variant of COVID-19 that has caused the country to be on such high alert.
The B 1.1.7 variant, first found in the UK, is raging overseas, and a new study shows it's probably more deadly.
The danger is, it's 50 percent more infectious than the original COVID-19.
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Read more: What we know about the UK variant
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Ardern shuts down calls to close borders as officials rush to identify source of new community cases
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has once again shut down calls to close New Zealand's borders, reiterating that the Government cannot legally deny citizens the right to return home.
On Sunday, it was announced that three new cases of COVID-19 had been detected in the community. It remains unknown how the initial case - an employee at the Auckland Airport branch of LSG Sky Chefs, a flight catering facility - became infected. The other two cases are family members, with all three living in the same South Auckland household.
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No new cases of COVID-19 have been detected in the community in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health has announced.
On Sunday, it was announced that three members of a South Auckland family had tested positive for COVID-19. It remains unclear how the initial case, Case A - who works in the laundry department at the Auckland Airport branch of LSG Sky Chefs - contracted the virus.
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Read more: No new cases in the community, five new cases in managed isolation
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has given her assurance the government will consider helping businesses should Auckland's three -day level 3 lockdown be extended, Mayor Phil Goff says.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced last night Auckland would move to alert level 3 from 11.59pm on Sunday while the rest of the country would move to level 2.
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Read more: Auckland in alert level 3 lockdown after new community cases
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There are three new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand after members in the same family tested positive.
The mother and daughter returned positive test results on Saturday night with relatively low CT values, the Ministry of Health says, which indicates they are new and active infections. The father returned his positive result on Sunday morning. Genome sequencing is underway.
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Read more: New Zealand changes alert levels following south Auckland's new community cases?
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China has shot a clear warning at human rights groups rallying for countries to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics over human rights complaints.
Editor of China's propaganda mouthpiece The Global Times Hu Xijin warned that the government would "seriously sanction any country" that makes a statement against the superpower by refusing to send athletes to Beijing.
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David Seymour says the new south Auckland community cases show the Government has left New Zealand a "sitting duck hoping for luck".
On Sunday the Ministry of Health (MoH) revealed three new cases - a mother, father, and daughter from the same household in Papatoetoe.
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Read more: New community cases show Government has left New Zealand a 'sitting duck' - David Seymour
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New Zealand will receive its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines next week, with frontline border workers first in the queue.
Their household contacts are next in line, followed by healthcare workers, essential workers and those in groups at risk of serious illness or death. The rest of us will get ours later in the year.
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