COVID-19. New Zealand is moving to Alert Level 4.
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New Zealand is currently at Level 3 of country's four-level COVID-19 alert system.
New Zealand is moving to Alert Level 4 at 11:59pm tonight, 25th of March.
The Government explain necessity of this step: this will save lives. Everyone must stay home.
Level 4 measures include:
• anyone not involved in essential work, needs to stay at home
• educational facilities are now closed
• businesses are closed, except for essential services like supermarkets, pharmacies and clinics, and lifeline utilities.
Where you stay tonight (Wednesday 25 March) is where you must stay from now on.
You must only be in physical contact with those you are living with.
It is likely Level 4 measures will stay in place for a number of weeks.
Remember, what you do now, will affect all of us.
On March 25, 2020, 10:34 GMT, in the world registered:
Coronavirus Cases: 428,959.
Deaths: 19,158.
Affected 195 countries and territories around the world.
At 25 of March registered 205 cases of coronavirus in New Zealand.
| Queen Street, Auckland. Few hours before country moves to lockdown. |
| All universities, schools and early childhood education centres are closed. |
| Selfie: how I am looking in this glamour mask? |
| At Central Auckland 25th of March. |
| Auckland University closed like other education centres in New Zealand. |
| What are on demand during a pandemic? |
| Boy and girl on scooters. |
| People on Auckland’s main street - Queen Street. |
| Shopping – preparations for staying at home. |
| Buses in the centre of Auckland, few hours left to lockdown. |
| Symonds Street, near Auckland University. |