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New Zealand's prime minister Jacinda Ardern tests positive for Covid-19
Ardern shared a photo of her positive test on Instagram.
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Ardern shared a photo of her positive test on Instagram.
Tourists are still not allowed to travel to the country, and unvaccinated travellers have to stay in hotel quarantine.
Jacinda Ardern had been planning to get married next weekend but the celebration has been postponed.
Jacinda Ardern said that a Delta outbreak had been a “game changer” and that a new approach was needed.
New Zealand has reported 33 new cases of Covid-19 as it battles an outbreak that came from Australia.
Auckland will remain under special measures.
The ISIS-inspired attacker Ahamed Samsudeen had been under police surveillance since he was freed in July.
The woman is the 27th person to die with Covid-19 in New Zealand and the first recorded since 16 February.
Police shot a man dead after he stabbed six people in Auckland.
A cluster in a major city ended a six-month run of no local cases.
Investigations have narrowed down the origin of the outbreak to a person who arrived from Sydney.
Nationwide stay-at-home orders were issued yesterday when just one case had been identified.
Officials also said they would delay second shots of the Pfizer vaccine in order to speed up first shots.
As part of an emotional ceremony at Auckland Town Hall, PM Jacinda Ardern was covered in a large white mat and then embraced.
Rose Byrne is reportedly set to play Jacinda Ardern in a film about the response to the Christchurch mosque attacks.
The prime minister has set a date for her wedding to her fiance Clarke Gayford.
Authorities say they are confident that a virus cluster in Auckland has been contained.
From Sunday morning the city’s 1.7 million residents must stay at home except for essential shopping and work.
The 2011 quake killed 185 people and flattened much of the city’s central area.
People in Auckland have been asked to stay at home by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
Ardern said New Zealand would continue to pursue “travel bubbles” with Australia and Pacific island nations.
Ardern said the nation’s health system would not be able to cope with a big outbreak.
22 people died after superheated steam spewed out from the volcanic crater’s floor on White Island last year.
The New Zealand Prime Minister won a second term in office in a landslide.
No leader has achieved an outright majority since New Zealand adopted a proportional voting system in 1996.
The Auckland lockdown began on 12 August after four cases were detected in the city of 1.5 million.
“New Zealand’s nine cases in a day does not compare to the United States’ tens of thousands,” Jacinda Ardern said.
The New Zealand prime minister has put the election back to October.
The outbreak has spread beyond Auckland, health officials said today.
The surge in new cases raised the prospect that a three-day lockdown imposed in Auckland could be extended.
A three-day stay-at-home order for Auckland — a city of 1.5 million people — went into force today.
People in New Zealand’s largest city are being asked to stay at home again.
A second officer received serious injuries during the incident in Auckland.
A 24-day run with no new cases was broken yesterday when it emerged two women who recently arrived from Britain were allowed out of quarantine.
Both the new patients were recent arrivals from the United Kingdom, the health ministry said.
Jacinda Ardern was conducting a live television interview when the 5.6 magnitude quake struck.
Jacinda Ardern has won wide praise for her handling of the pandemic.
The number of new cases daily in New Zealand has been in single digits since mid-April.
Certain businesses such as construction are now allowed to reopen, but social distancing rules will still apply.
The country reported five new cases of the virus today but has not seen widespread community transition.