Coronavirus: New Zealand prepares for lockdown as PM flags four weeks of self-isolation

New Zealand said on Monday it will move to its highest alert level imposing self-isolation, with all non-essential services, schools and offices to be shut over the next 48 hours as the number of coronavirus cases more than double.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said these decisions will place the most significant restriction on New Zealanders’ movements in modern history, but it was needed to save lives and slow the virus.“We are all now preparing to go into self-isolation as a nation,” Ardern…

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