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Updated February 16th, 2021 at 07:55 IST

First vaccine shipment arrives in New Zealand

New Zealand’s largest city was hurriedly placed into a three-day lockdown Sunday after three unexplained virus cases were found.

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New Zealand received its first batch of coronavirus vaccine on Monday, the health ministry said. Officials said the shipment of about 60,000 doses of the vaccine developed by Pfizer would initially be prioritized for border workers. As people in Auckland adjusted to a new lockdown on Monday, health officials said they’d found no evidence the coronavirus had spread further in the community, raising hopes the restrictions might be short-lived.

New Zealand’s largest city was hurriedly placed into a three-day lockdown Sunday after three unexplained virus cases were found. It’s the country’s first lockdown in six months and represents a setback in its largely successful efforts to control the virus.

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Published February 16th, 2021 at 07:55 IST

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