The government plans to review data again on Friday.

The government plans to review the situation in Auckland once again on Monday.

There were 148 active cases the same day.

At Monday’s news conference, Ardern said that the country’ssitting of Parliamentwill be suspended for one week.

New Zealand has been applauded by some people for itsresponse to the pandemic.

Around 19% of New Zealand’s population isfully vaccinated, according to Johns Hopkins University.