coronavirus after two women travelled there from the UK and left their self-isolation facility to drive eight hours to a funeral.
The Pacific nation and its Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had won international praise for appearing to eradicate Covid-19, with no new cases recorded in 24 days thanks to a strict and early lockdown.
Now they're back to square one after the women, aged in their 30s and 40s and both from the same family, tested positive for the virus.
They arrived together in Auckland from the UK on June 7, after a stopover in Brisbane, and were housed in an isolation facility as part of New Zealand's tracing system, which requires all international arrivals to self-isolate for 14 days.Only Kiwis, their families and essential.
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