New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern extended the country’s national COVID-19 lockdown on Monday, saying the current outbreak has not peaked and more certainty about the Delta variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus is needed. The entire nation will remain at “alert level 4,” until 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 27, the ministry of health announced. The region of Auckland, the epicenter of the latest outbreak of 35 CCP virus cases, will be under the nation’s strictest rules until at least Aug. 31. “We don’t yet believe that we have reached the peak of this outbreak or necessarily the edge of it,” Ardern said at a press briefing in the capital of Wellington. “That does mean the safest option for all of us right now is to hold the course for longer.” “Six days into the outbreak, we are building a picture of Delta’s spread,” she added. “There remain a …
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