New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern tests positive for Covid-19
New Delhi: The New Zealand prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has tested positive for Covid-19 and will have to isolate for another week.
The officials in a statement said “Days after announcing the relaxation of the country’s tight border controls, Ardern developed symptoms on Friday evening and returned a positive test before another positive result from a rapid antigen test on Saturday morning. Her symptoms are said to be moderate.”
She will have to isolate herself until the morning of Saturday 21 May and will not be in parliament in the coming week when her government has two set-piece events in the emissions reduction plan on Monday and the budget on Thursday.
On the Covid, PM Arden said, “As I said earlier in the week, isolating with Covid-19 is a very Kiwi experience this year and my family is no different.” Her partner, Clarke Gayford, tested positive last Sunday, and Ardern has been in quarantine since then.
(Vinayak)
