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New Zealand Confirms Third New Coronavirus Case

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   New Zealand on Thursday reported its third confirmed coronavirus case
   this week, a development that has prompted the government to further
   restrict its quarantine rules for those entering the country after it
   had declared local transmission of the virus eradicated.

   All three cases involve people who flew to New Zealand from elsewhere
   in the world, the latest coming from Pakistan. The man is in
   quarantine.

   Authorities are working to trace those who may have come into contact
   with the man and two women who flew from Britain and tested positive
   after being permitted to leave their quarantine early to see an ill
   relative.

   There are worries about rising case counts in other parts of the world.

   India reported 12,881 new confirmed cases Thursday, the highest one-day
   increase it has seen during the pandemic. The country now has about
   367,000 confirmed cases, trailing only the United States, Brazil and
   Russia.

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