New Zealand motorists queue at the Otara testing station after a positive Covid-19 coronavirus case was reported in the community, as Auckland entered a three-day lockdown. Photo: AFP New Zealand motorists queue at the Otara testing station after a positive Covid-19 coronavirus case was reported in the community, as Auckland entered a three-day lockdown. Photo: AFP
New Zealand motorists queue at the Otara testing station after a positive Covid-19 coronavirus case was reported in the community, as Auckland entered a three-day lockdown. Photo: AFP
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Coronavirus: Auckland in snap lockdown after UK strain found; Australia suspends travel bubble

  • Tests found two Covid-19 infections were caused by the highly contagious UK strain, as officials investigate how it arrived in New Zealand
  • Meanwhile, Australia has suspended a travel bubble with its neighbour, and has received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

Topic |   New Zealand
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Updated: 11:54pm, 15 Feb, 2021

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New Zealand motorists queue at the Otara testing station after a positive Covid-19 coronavirus case was reported in the community, as Auckland entered a three-day lockdown. Photo: AFP New Zealand motorists queue at the Otara testing station after a positive Covid-19 coronavirus case was reported in the community, as Auckland entered a three-day lockdown. Photo: AFP
New Zealand motorists queue at the Otara testing station after a positive Covid-19 coronavirus case was reported in the community, as Auckland entered a three-day lockdown. Photo: AFP
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