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Long Lines for COVID-19 Testing Reported in Auckland as Cases Rise in New Zealand

Auckland residents formed long lines to get tested for COVID-19 on August 13 as the city went into lockdown and community transmission of the virus reappeared after New Zealand went more than 100 days without a new case.

New Zealand recorded 13 new cases of coronavirus on August 13, which was being treated as a cluster in the country’s most populated city.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Auckland would enter Level 3 lockdown from midday on August 12 until midnight on August 14, while the rest of the country would go to Level 2. Credit: Simeon Brown MP via Storyful