21 more cases in the community today with cabinet to meet tomorrow to deliberate whether New Zealand's lockdown is extended.

But epidemiologist at The University of Auckland Rod Jackson says there's cause for optimism. He says "it's really easy to stop an outbreak" and that we can knock this on the head in a couple of weeks if New Zealander's all follow the rules.

But he also had a dire warning, saying if we open our borders, people could die.

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