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New Zealand extends lockdown by a week

| Updated: April 22, 2020 20:12:05


New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern seen in this undated Reuters photo New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern seen in this undated Reuters photo

New Zealand will extend the ongoing coronavirus lockdown measures by a week, after which it will move to a lower level of restrictions, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday.

“New Zealand will move out of Alert Level 4 lockdown at 11.59 p.m. on Monday April 27, one week from today,” Ardern said in a news conference, reports reuters.

“We will then hold in Alert Level 3 for two weeks, before reviewing how we are tracking again, and making further decisions at Cabinet on the 11th of May,” she said.

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