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New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern delays election over coronavirus fears
The vote was due to take place on 19 September but will now be held on 17
October instead.
Ms Ardern said on Monday that the new date would allow parties "to plan
around the range of circumstances we will be campaigning under".
Earlier this week, the country's largest city went back into lockdown.
"This decision gives all parties time over the next nine weeks to campaign
and the Electoral Commission enough time to ensure an election can go ahead,
" Ms Ardern said, adding that she had "absolutely no intention" of allowing
any further delays to the vote.
The opposition National Party has argued the election should be delayed as
restrictions on campaigning mean Ms Ardern had an unfair advantage.
New Zealand extends Auckland lockdown for 12 days
How New Zealand went 'hard and early' to beat Covid-19
Restrictions were imposed on Auckland on Wednesday after a number of new
infections were identified in the city. A total of 49 cases linked to one
cluster had been found by Sunday.
The outbreak was initially traced back to members of one family, although Ms
Ardern later said that subsequent contact-tracing had found an earlier case
involving a shop worker who became sick on 31 July.
A health official who knew the family told the New Zealand Herald that the
family were "shell-shocked" and "a little embarrassed that it had happened
to them".
The announcement that new cases had been discovered shocked the country,
which had recorded no locally transmitted cases for more than three months.
Epidemiologist Prof Michael Baker: "New Zealand will get rid of the virus
again"
There are four "alert levels" in New Zealand, and Auckland has been on Level
3 since the new measures were announced. The rest of the country is on
Level 2.
Before the new cluster was identified, the government had lifted almost all
of its lockdown restrictions, which were first imposed in March.
New Zealand has reported 1,622 infections and 22 deaths since the pandemic
began, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.
An early lockdown, tough border restrictions, effective health messaging and
an aggressive test-and-trace programme had all been credited with virtually
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