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New Zealand widens Covid lockdown as Delta spreads outside Auckland

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New Zealand's Delta variant outbreak has spread beyond Auckland, prompting Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, to put additional regions into a snap five-day lockdown.

There were 32 new coronavirus cases in the country's largest city, which has been in lockdown since mid-August, and two cases in the Waikato region, some 147 km south of Auckland.

The new cases, which are not believed to be connected, come as New Zealand has also announced tighter border restrictions. "We are introducing the requirement for air travellers aged 17 and over, who are not New Zealand citizens, to be fully vaccinated to enter New Zealand," Covid-19 response minister Christ Hipkins said.

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