Auckland and Coromandel will go into level 4 lockdown for seven days – and the rest of the country for three days – following news of a community Covid-19 case in NZ's biggest city. By RNZA Thames-Coromandel civic leader says news of a Covid-19 community case and snap lockdown are shocking, but will probably not make her scan the tracing Covid-19 QR codes more often. She added the Covid-19 community case will "probably not" push her to scan more either. The man visited there on the morning of August 14 while positive with the virus. Goudie said she did not know how many people would have to isolate after being in contact with the positive Covid-19 case.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 17, 2021 09:00 UTC