The New Zealand government on Monday acknowledged that it can no longer continue with its strategy of completely eliminating local Covid-19 infections after nearly seven weeks of lockdown in its largest city Auckland failed to completely stamp out community transmission of the virus, despite significantly lowering infection numbers, a major shift in policy for a country which had previously been hailed for its handling of the pandemic. READ MORE: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2021/10/04/new-zealand-gives-up-on-zero-covid-strategy-amid-persistent-delta-variant-outbreak/?sh=5b993daa6a7d Stay Connected Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes More From Forbes: http://forbes.com