Travellers from the UK have brought coronavirus back to New Zealand 24 days after the last confirmed case

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• New Zealand has recorded its first positive cases of COVID-19 in 24 days.
• Two women who traveled to New Zealand from the UK to see a dying relative tested positive for the virus..
• New Zealand has strict border controls in place and had given the women special permission to enter.
• Its prime minister Jacdina Ardern last week said the country had eliminated the coronavirus.
• However, the virus is still widespread in the UK, with the nation still following lockdown measures.
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Two women who traveled to New Zealand from the United Kingdom earlier this month have become the country's first positive cases of COVID-19 over three weeks after it was eradicated in the country.

The women, who are part of the same family, tested positive for the coronavirus in Wellington, the country's capital, after traveling to New Zealand to visit a dying relative, the BBC reports.

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