New Zealand now reports new cases of COVID-19
Wellington/UNI: The New Zealand reported two new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday for the first time in 24 days.
The Health ministry confirmed that the two new cases were both related as a result of recent travel from Britain.
The combined number of confirmed and probable cases in New Zealand was 1,506, including 1,156 confirmed cases of COVID-19, which is the number reported to the World Health Organization, said a ministry statement.
The number of COVID-19 related deaths in New Zealand was 22. The number of recovered cases was 1,482, it said.
Border restrictions have increased although people's lives are back to normal domestically, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said last week, adding that people at the border are being tested no matter they have symptoms or not.
Earlier the country become the first to declared itself free from Covid-19.
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