Lockdown's $1 billion lost output cost

Lockdown's $1 billion lost output cost
Police have had to step up their presence at supermarkets as long queues have formed. (Image: Getty))
Dan Brunskill
New Zealand has woken to a 72-hour level 4 lockdown while Auckland and the Coromandel will likely be in a seven-day lockdown.Prime minister Jacinda Ardern announced the decision at a press conference on Tuesday following the discovery of a case of covid-19 in the community in Auckland.It has been confirmed that the person affected has the highly-transmissible delta variant of the virus and there are four new confirmed cases this morning including an Auckland hospital worker.“Going hard and early has worked for us before. While we know tha...

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