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Nursing homes were confined in New Zealand on Wednesday, following a rebound in the coronavirus epidemic, announced Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who he did not rule out postponing the general elections scheduled for September.
“I am aware of how difficult it will be for those who have loved ones in these establishments, but it is the strongest way to protect and care for them“, He explained, specifying that what is involved is to prevent residences from becoming sources of contagion.
On Tuesday, he ordered the reconfinement for three days and starting Wednesday at noon, of the largest city in the country, Auckland, after the appearance, for the first time in 102 daysof locally transmitted coronavirus cases.
The head of government, whose political effectiveness in the fight against covid-19 was praised around the world, announced that four cases of the disease had been detected in a family in Auckland and that the origin of the infection was unknown.
New Zealand, which recorded 22 deaths in a population of five million inhabitants, it had not confirmed any case of transmission within its territory since May 1.
Regarding the elections scheduled for September 19, the prime minister declared that she was consulting the matter with the Electoral Commission, “simply to make sure we have all the options at hand”, although she specified that no decision had been made at the moment. .
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