New Zealanders Rush for Fast Food as Lockdown Eases

New Zealanders Rush for Fast Food as Lockdown Eases
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to media during a press conference at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on April 28, 2020. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images
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New Zealanders queued for burgers, fries and coffee takeaway on Tuesday after they were freed from a month-long lockdown, which Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern credited with eliminating domestic transmission of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, also known as the novel coronavirus.

Around 400,000 people returned to work after Ardern shifted the country’s alert level down a notch, loosening some of the tough movement restrictions that shut down businesses for weeks.