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New Zealand coronavirus: Origin still remains a mystery

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New Zealand's first locally transmitted coronavirus outbreak in more than three months, its origin remains a mystery.The Pacific island nation had benefited from its remoteness early in the pandemic, when Ardern swiftly closed off the international border and imposed one of the world's toughest lockdowns.

Those measures stamped out local transmission for 102 days.Genome testing of the latest batch of infections has confirmed it is a new strain, officials have said, probably from Australia or Britain.With the clock ticking to get the latest outbreak under control, that has raised the tricky question of how it entered a country that has been largely closed off for months.Here are some details on what authorities have called the 'Auckland.

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