National lockdown continues until at least 11.59pm on Tuesday

Nicole Mathewson Reporter from The Press

Alert level 4 will be extended for the entire country until 11.59pm on Tuesday, August 24.

There are 11 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday, bringing the cluster to 31.

Eight of the cases are in Auckland and three are in Wellington.

Meanwhile in Christchurch, hundreds have queued for Covid-19 vaccines and tests, while the city centre remains eerily quiet (as it should during lockdown).

Visual journalist Stacy Squires took some photos of the city in a way it's not normally seen.

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