New Zealand's COVID-19 Delta variant outbreak had spread beyond the largest city of Auckland, prompting Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday to put additional regions into a snap lockdown.

There were 32 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday in Auckland, which has been in lockdown since mid-August, and two cases in the Waikato region, some 147 km south. Ardern said parts of the region will go into a five-day lockdown.

The prime minister commented on an anti-lockdown protest held Saturday in Auckland, calling it “'morally wrong” and a “slap in the face” to residents living under strict restrictions.

Ardern also announced Sunday that full COVID-19 vaccination will become a requirement for non-New Zealand citizens arriving in the country from Nov. 1.

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