New Zealand registers the first coronavirus network transmission in more than a hundred days. “We cannot allow this virus to spread.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Tuesday that four new cases of coronavirus had been shown in the country, 1 NEWS reported.
All instances are network transmission and are in South Auckland, he added. They are also all members of the same family.
It’s been 102 days since the last transmission case in the country.
According to The Director General of Health, Dr. Ashley Bloomfield, the first member of the family circle to be diagnosed with a user in his fifties south of Auckland, who had no history of foreign travel. After this diagnosis, 3 of the other six people living at home were diagnosed with the disease.
“We have been saying for a few weeks that it is inevitable that New Zealand will delight in some other case of network transmission. It’s a sensitive virus,” said Dr. Bloomfield, quoted in 1 NEWS. “We work on the basis that it can be at any time, and we are ready for that moment. This moment is now.”
He added that “the fitness formula is well prepared and what happens now is that we prevent the spread of the virus in our community.”
“We can’t allow this virus to spread.”
Ardern added that more than one office was concerned and asked Auckland citizens to stay home for 3 days to prevent spread. “These 3 days will give us time,” he said.
In June, New Zealand lifted its restrictions on coronaviruses and pointed itself to it as a “coronavirus-free” country. However, two imported officers were diagnosed a week later, prompting the country to instruct their army to monitor their borders.