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Benzinga
Politics
Shanthi Rexaline

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern Tests Positive For COVID; To Miss 2 Key Parliament Sessions

Joining the host of country heads who has contracted COVID is New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, and this has come barely two weeks into the reopening of the country's borders to a slew of countries.

Ardern has tested positive for COVID after being symptomatic since Friday evening, a statement from the prime minister's office read. She returned a weak positive test Friday night and a clear positive Saturday morning on a rapid antigen test. Her symptoms are moderate at this stage, the statement read.

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