in response to new zealand foods positive cases in 6 months, prime minister jacinta roger ordered a nationwide lockdown. it was introduced last week and has already been extended until at least friday in the largest city oakland. its been extended until the end of the month. it's a tough time for businesses like fledgling events, company, red herring, but polling suggest there is public support for the government strategy of short, sharp lock downs. we're just had a crazy amount of time that were covered in the country, which is allowed for us to run our we're going to have mass gathering up by that. although, right now, no, i do. we just know that if you do, just wait for it to get stamped out with in the long run, with cases rising each day, the prospect of having those mass gatherings anytime soon seems a long way away. but the government believes if the latest lockdown is working, the numbers could begin falling in the next few days. wayne, hey, al jazeera toner, new zealand id was one of the last countries in the americas to begin a cove with 19 vaccination campaign. but in the midst of i

the prime minister jacinta roger, made the announcement when just one new case of covey 19 was found in the community . new zealand 1st in 6 months. in that 2 week period there have been 612 new infections and the peak of the outbreak may have already passed. today there are 49 new cases of code 19 to report. all of these are in oakland. obviously that's a fair the decline on yesterday. daily case number for fewer and is the lowest number of cases in 6 days. it does provide for the reassuring indication that our public health measures rapidly slowing the speed of the bars. the largest city, oakland, where the outbreak started, will remain under lockdown for at least another 2 weeks. but for the rest of the country, restrictions will ease slightly, allowing some businesses to reopen under tight rules around mosque wearing and contactless service. this outbreak started with new zealand 1st case of the delta variants, which is seen big increases in infections in depth, in many countries. to try to prevent that happening here. the government moved quickly into a strict lockdown, which li

the prime minister jacinta roger, made the announcement when just one new case of coven 19 was found in the community . new zealand 1st in 6 months, in that 2 week period there have been 612 new infections, and the peak of the outbreak may have already passed. today, there are 49 new cases of coven, 19 to report. all of these are in oakland. obviously that's a further decline on yesterday's daily case number for fewer. and let's go straight to the white house where you can see the american president joe biden about to address the nation over afghanistan. let's listen in the united states ended 20 years of war and i can stand the longest war in american history. we completed one of the biggest air left in history with more than 120000 people evacuated to safety . that number is more than double, but most expert cellar possible. no nation, no nation has ever done anything like it in all the history. the only the united states had the capacity in the will believe you to do it and we did it today. extraordinary success of this mission was due to the incredible skill, bravely and selfless