New Zealand Considers Freight as Possible Source of New Virus Cluster

New Zealand Considers Freight as Possible Source of New Virus Cluster
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to media during a press conference at Parliament on June 17, 2020 in Wellington, New Zealand. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images
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WELLINGTON (Reuters)—New Zealand officials are investigating the possibility that its first COVID-19 cases in more than three months were imported by freight, as the country’s biggest city plunged back into lockdown on Aug. 12.

The discovery of four infected family members in Auckland led Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to swiftly reimpose tight restrictions in the city and social distancing measures across the entire country.