On friday a man in his 50s died due to Corona virus in more than three months in New Zealand which records the first death of a person due to this corona Virus.
Health officials says,”the man was part of a second-wave cluster of infections that emerged in Auckland last month, ending a spell of 102 days free of community transmission in the South Pacific nation”.
On friday afternoon the death at Auckland’s Middlemore Hospital takes New Zealand’s death count from the virus to 23, with the most recent previous fatality on May 24.
I acknowledge the anxiety New Zealanders may be feeling about today’s news, both in the wider community and also for the family and whanau (relatives) grieving over this death,” health chief Ashley Bloomfield said in a statement.
“Our thoughts are with his family and community at this time of loss and grief.”
New Zealand and its Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern have been widely applauded for curbing the virus, which has killed more than 800,000 people around the world. However, after 102 days COVID-free, the virus returned last month with four locally transmitted cases in Auckland. With the country’s international borders closed to foreigners since March and New Zealanders needing to quarantine for 14 day on their return, it is still unclear that how the virus came back.
