Coronavirus: New Zealand’s 15,000 cases on sixth day of record infections; Japan to extend quasi-emergency

New Zealand on Sunday reported almost 15,000 community infections of Covid-19, shattering the previous case count record for the sixth day in a row amid an Omicron outbreak.Over the course of the past week, the number of newly detected Covid-19 community cases each day has more than quintupled – from just over 2,500 cases reported last Sunday to 14,941 this Sunday.The huge spike in cases has singled New Zealand out as one of the most infectious places in the world at the moment, according to a…



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