Coronavirus latest, lockdown breaches, and retirees dance away isolation blues

If this email is not displayed correctly, [click here]( to view an online version. Face masks are mandatory on public transport from alert level 2 up Seven new cases of [coronavirus]( have been [reported in New Zealand](. All of the cases recorded on Thursday are imported and were caught in [managed isolation facilities]( in Wellington, Hamilton and Christchurch. All but one tested positive on their day-three test. Four people are in hospital with the virus. This includes one at Auckland City Hospital, one at North Shore Hospital and two in Middlemore Hospital. A total of 54 people linked to the community cluster remain in the dedicated quarantine facility. Police and road crews gathered at the Z Bombay service station before implementing level 3 roadblocks. The majority of people convicted of breaching [Covid-19 rules]( are men, [new figures show](. Data released by the Ministry of Justice shows that, up until the end of June, about 1000 charges were filed for [breaches of the Covid-19 Act]( with 272 charges disposed of and 159 people convicted. On May 14, the Government urgently passed the Covid-19 Public Health Response Act. The new law was required to allow for police to enforce alert level 2 rules, such as social distancing and the restrictions on large gatherings. Aldrich Viju died after an incident in the playground of a North Shore childcare centre A senior childcare staff member has told a Coroner’s inquest that she saw a 4-year-old boy smiling and holding hands with his friend [minutes before his lifeless body was found](. The woman, who has name suppression, gave evidence at the inquest at Auckland District Court into the [death of Aldrich Viju](. The inquest heard how Aldrich was at Angels Childcare in Takapuna on November 18 in 2016. He was found at the bottom of a slide unconscious with a bungee cord from a toy stilt wrapped around his neck. Enjoying this email? [Check out Stuff's other daily and weekly newsletters](. Videos posted on social media showed more than 100 people milling around the street. A large group of people [gathered for the tangihanga]( of a gang member, despite [alert level 2 restrictions]( forbidding it. The gathering took place on Busing Ave in Papakura on Tuesday. In live videos posted on social media more than 100 people could be seen out on the street, wearing Mongrel Mob and Black Power gang patches. None of those in attendance appeared to be wearing masks. Police said they were aware of the tangihanga and no arrests were made. MMR vaccine A [review of the response]( to the [measles outbreak]( which ravaged Auckland found issues with vaccine distribution and public messaging, and suggested action should have been taken “much earlier”. Last year, New Zealand experienced its largest measles outbreak in more than two decades, hitting Auckland's Māori and Pacific communities the hardest. A [review report]( identified a number of issues at DHB and Government level, including failures in outbreak preparedness. 79-year-old Norris Aitken Taking on the role of an international pop star had never crossed 79-year-old Norris Aitken's mind, but he couldn't pass on the opportunity to take a [spin round the bowling green in his dancing shoes](. During the [coronavirus lockdown]( a group of retirement village residents set out to beat the [isolation blues]( by re-creating [Justin Timberlake’s]( video for Can’t Stop The Feeling shot-by-shot.The video featured 35 residents from three different retirement villages in Birkenhead, Lynfield and Greenlane. You've received this email because you have opted in to receive Auckland news updates from Stuff Did a friend forward this to you? [Sign up to get Auckland News: In case you missed it]( to your inbox [Unsubscribe]( [Newsletter Settings]( [Privacy Policy]( [Advertise]( [Feedback](