Prime minister Jacinda Ardern says Omicron is now circulating but ‘we’ll do everything that we can to slow the spread’
Omicron has breached New Zealand’s borders and started spreading, Jacinda Ardern has said, meaning the entire country will be placed on the highest level of restrictions.
The prime minister on Sunday said the country would try to slow the spread of Omicron but it was expected New Zealand would reach 1,000 cases a day in the coming weeks and thousands a day after that. New Zealand has not previously reported that level of infection.
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