New Zealand in heavy lockdown: coronavirus escapes from quarantine hotel | Abroad

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WELLINGTON – The origin of the latest coronavirus outbreak in New Zealand is likely to be known, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told a news conference on Thursday (local time). It concerns an infected traveler who traveled from Sydney to New Zealand on August 7 and went into hotel quarantine. It is not yet clear how the virus was able to spread.