WELLINGTON, Jan 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, tested negative for COVID-19 today, after being deemed a close contact of a case on a domestic flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ardern was deemed a close contact of a positive COVID-19 case on Saturday and has entered self-isolation, in line with a Ministry of Health advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was still required to isolate until the end of Tuesday (tomorrow) “or as otherwise advised by Public Health,” said a spokesperson for the prime minister, adding that, Ardern will chair tomorrow’s Cabinet meeting remotely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The exposure event took place on Jan 22, during flight NZ8273, from Kerikeri to Auckland. The flight has been added to the Ministry of Health website as a location of interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
New Zealand’s Governor-General, Cindy Kiro, and members of her staff were also on board, and are following the same isolation instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The prime minister and the governor-general were in Northland, undertaking advance filming at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds at the invitation of the Waitangi National Trust for Waitangi Day broadcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
New Zealand reported 91 new community cases of COVID-19 today, the Ministry of Health said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The country recorded 16,039 cases of COVID-19, since the beginning of the pandemic, including 12,005 cases from the current community outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
New Zealand is at the highest Red settings under the COVID-19 Protection Framework. At Red settings, face masks become mandatory in many indoor environments, and gatherings are limited to 100 people.– NNN-AGENCIES <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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