NZ to keep virus restrictions for another week

New Zealand will keep its coronavirus restrictions in place for at least another week, as the country continues to battle a small outbreak that began in Auckland last month. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday the country had taken a cautious approach to the virus from the beginning, which had helped save lives and allowed the economy to reopen in a sustained way.

Ardern said New Zealand will continue its strategy of trying to eliminate the virus. Under the restrictions, everybody must wear masks on public transport and planes, and the sizes of most gatherings are limited to 10 in Auckland and 100 elsewhere.

Ardern did say that because people had been wearing their face coverings physical distancing measures would be relaxed on public transport. Health authorities announced one more case of the virus on Monday, bringing the number of active cases to 96. 

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