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Coronavirus: New Zealand Announces Lockdown
Source: BBC News
Coronavirus: New Zealand announces lockdown
New Zealand is preparing to enter a month-long nationwide lockdown from Wednesday night. All public venues will close, as will most shops except supermarkets and chemists.
The move came after the number of cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand rose past 100.
In an address to the nation the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she was 'not willing to put the lives of her citizens in danger.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-52001578/coronavirus-new-zealand-announces-lockdown
- Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacinda_Ardern
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Coronavirus: New Zealand Announces Lockdown (Original Post)
appalachiablue
Mar 2020
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much easier to do on small population islands that are geographically isolated nt
msongs
Mar 2020
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jpak
(41,758 posts)1. This is how it's done
Yup
msongs
(67,420 posts)2. much easier to do on small population islands that are geographically isolated nt
Pobeka
(4,999 posts)3. There you go, functioning government and an educated population. See how that works? n/t
central scrutinizer
(11,652 posts)4. We're 0 for 2 then
Total shitstorm