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COVID-19: New Zealand ends lockdown, claims outbreak contained

Life returns to normal in island nation at a time when other parts of the world are staring at another wave

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A shipment of 60,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine is unloaded in Auckland as New Zealand receives its first batch on Monday. Pic/AP/PTI

A shipment of 60,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine is unloaded in Auckland as New Zealand receives its first batch on Monday. Pic/AP/PTI

A lockdown in the New Zealand city of Auckland would end at midnight, the government announced Wednesday after concluding a coronavirus outbreak had been contained, amid fears of a second wave in other parts of the world, particularly in Brazil and African nations.

“This is good news,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.

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