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On Monday, June 8, New Zealand had no new confirmed cases of coronavirus for the first time since the country went into lockdown in March. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared there was no undetected community transmission in the country and health officials knew where all new cases were coming from. The news means that for now, the coronavirus has been contained in New Zealand.