New Zealand retirement home in lockdown to test for COVID-19

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Wellington: A retirement village in Christchurch has gone into lockdown after residents displayed symptoms of respiratory illness, the New Zealand Herald reports.

The Village Palms retirement village advised of the lockdown in a letter to family members on Tuesday, the newspaper said. No further details were immediately available.

Residents of an aged care facility in Christchurch have reported respiratory illness symptoms.Credit:Virginia Star

New Zealand, which has managed to largely contain the spread of the coronavirus, has gone more than 100 days without community transmission of COVID-19.

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