New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern extended the country’s national COVID-19 lockdown on Aug. 23, saying the current outbreak hasn’t peaked and more certainty about the Delta variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus is needed.
The entire nation will remain at “alert level 4,” until 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 27, the ministry of health announced. The region of Auckland, the epicenter of the latest outbreak of 35 CCP virus cases, will be under the nation’s strictest rules until at least Aug. 31.
