NZ PM ARDERN SELF-ISOLATING AFTER EXPOSURE TO COVID-19

Sat 29 January 2022:

As per the government, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been placed in self-isolation until Tuesday after being identified as a close contact of a person who tested positive for COVID-19.

The exposure took place on January 22 during a flight to Auckland from the town of Kerikeri, the government said in a statement on Saturday, adding that the result of whole genome sequencing was expected the following day.

It said this will reveal whether the illness was caused by the omicron coronavirus strain.

Ardern, who is asymptomatic, is in good health, according to the statement. She will be tested on Sunday and is being held in isolation as per the health ministry’s orders.

The governor-general and members of her staff, who were also on board the flight, are following the same isolation procedure.

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