New Zealand Declares National Emergency, Begins 4-Week Lockdown

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at a press conference ahead of a nationwide lockdown at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand on March 25, 2020. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images

New Zealand on Wednesday declared a state of national emergency and will implement a nationwide lockdown for four weeks after 50 more cases of CCP virus were confirmed, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 205.

The Minister for Civil Defence Peeni Henare announced the State of National Emergency following Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s issuing of an Epidemic Notice on Tuesday.