The first, a 58-year-old Devonport man was confirmed yesterday, sending the country into a snap alert level 4 lockdown. Empty motorways as Aucklanders hunker down on day one of alert level 4. The alert level 4 lockdown was hugely traumatic and news a nurse had been infected added to that concern, Nuku said. ‌Hipkins said he understood the fully vaccinated Auckland Hospital nurse had not been showing any symptoms. Work was also under way on the vaccine rollout to make it safe under alert level 4.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 17, 2021 22:19 UTC