All coronavirus restrictions lifted from New Zealand's largest city

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said all remaining restrictions in New Zealand’s largest city Auckland have been lifted after no locally transmitted cases of coronavirus were reported for two weeks, Reuters reports.

Ardern said the city will now join the rest of the country in alert level 1, which has no restrictions on gatherings or activity.

“I know everyone in Auckland will be looking forward to a weekend with fewer restrictions,” Ardern said at a news conference.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. — AFP/File
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. — AFP/File

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