New Zealand closes largest city after recording first local coronavirus cases in over 100 days

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New Zealand will enact sweeping lockdowns in its largest city after transmission of the coronavirus was detected for the first time in 102 days.

On Tuesday, four new locally transmitted cases of the coronavirus were found among a single family within the southern area of Auckland. Government officials recategorized the city under level 3 restrictions, which ban social gatherings over ten people and close bars, restaurants, and nonessential businesses.

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