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Tess McClure in Wellington

Jacinda Ardern loses sense of taste after contracting Covid, and can’t enjoy cheese roll

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern.
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern says she lost her sense of taste after contracting Covid. Photograph: Marty Melville/AFP/Getty Images

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern says she has lost her sense of taste after testing positive for Covid-19 on Saturday.

Thursday was budget day in New Zealand, when traditionally the prime minister has an early morning breakfast with finance minister Grant Robertson. Typically, the two share cheese rolls – a South Island New Zealand delicacy involving cheddar cheese and powdered soup rolled inside a piece of toasted white bread. This year, the breakfast took place via Instagram live stream – and the prime minister said the cheese rolls were missing their usual flavour notes.

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