New Zealand declares national state of emergency as COVID-19 cases rise

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New Zealand's national state of emergency declaration gives the government fresh new powers to enforce its coronavirus lockdown measures.

With another record amount of COVID-19 cases identified, the New Zealand government has been granted extraordinary operating powers to implement a nationwide lockdown.

Ms Ardern said the pandemic required"a significant and coordinated response by and across central and local government" and for each citizen to minimise their contact with each other through self-isolation."Unlike so many other gravely inundated countries, we have a window of opportunity to stay home, break the chain of transmission, and save lives," Ms Ardern said.

"We've seen it in earthquakes and tsunami risk and fires and the mosque shootings. This is another challenge for us."READ MOREDirector-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said numbers would continue to rise as households began to mandatorily self-isolate under tough new government restrictions.

 

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SBS ScottMorrisonMP please implement in Australia. Save the people

Why, oh why doesn’t our bloody government do the same!?

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