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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says quarantine powers may be used to keep possible Covid-19 coronavirus cases in hospital is they refuse to self-isolate.
Ardern, in an interview on Q+A on Sunday morning, explained in greater detail how the Government's decision to require all international travellers to self-isolate for 14 days was expected to work.
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Read more: Government 'has power to quarantine those who don't self-isolate'
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the Government will unveil an economic package designed to get New Zealand "through the worst" of the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday.
Ardern told TVNZ's Q+A it would be "the most significant package that I will announce while I am Prime Minister".
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Read more: Government to unveil economic response on Tuesday
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Jacinda Ardern doesn't think police will be required to enforce self-isolation, but they will be called up if necessary.
New Zealand now requires all visitors, with few exceptions, to go into self-isolation on arrival in the country. The extreme measure's been implemented to stop the coronavirus pandemic getting a foothold in New Zealand, which so far has only six confirmed cases - all of them brought in from overseas.
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Read more: Jacinda Ardern reveals how mass self-isolation will be enforced
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has made an unprecedented set of announcements in response to the global spread of the coronavirus COVID-19.
As the number of people worldwide with the illness nears 150,000, with 5400 dead, Ardern announced on Saturday that every person entering New Zealand will be required to self-isolate for 14 days.
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The National Remembrance Event for the March 15 terror attack has been cancelled due to coronavirus.
A large crowd, including many who travelled to New Zealand from overseas, was expected at Sunday's national event in Christchurch to mark one year on from the attacks on two mosques that took 51 lives.
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Read more: March 15 terror attack remembrance event cancelled
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Six people in New Zealand have now tested positive for coronavirus.
The chief executive of Waitematā District Health Board Dr Dale Bramley confirmed the news on Saturday.
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Read more: Six people have now tested positive for coronavirus
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New Zealanders are cancelling their travel plans in light of the coronavirus outbreak.
Research by Opinion Compare found that one in five of 858 people surveyed had cancelled or changed their travel plans because of the outbreak.
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Read more: Kiwis cancel and change travel plans amid outbreak fears
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Politicians have been put on notice not to be racist and bigoted this election year.
Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon told Newshub Nation on Saturday he'll be writing to every party asking them to avoid using issues of race, sexual orientation or disability to get votes.
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Read more: Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon puts politicians on notice over 'racist' comments
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