New Zealand PM Tests Positive for COVID 2 Weeks Before Election

‘Bugger!’: New Zealand PM Chris Hipkins tests Covid positive, to work 'via zoom'

Chris Hipkins announced on Facebook that he had been infected with the coronavirus.

New Zealand PM Tests Positive for Covid Ahead of Election Push - BNN Bloomberg

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins tested positive for Covid-19, putting him in isolation two weeks ahead of the country’s general election.

‘Bugger!’: New Zealand PM gets COVID at critical point in election campaign

Chris Hipkins says he will isolate and try to continue campaign online after testing positive for the virus on Sunday.

New Zealand PM Tests Positive for COVID 2 Weeks Before Election

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has tested positive for COVID-19 and will work remotely while isolating, his office said Sunday, just two weeks before a general election in which his Labour party is struggling. The positive test will temporarily sideline Hipkins in the campaign for the Oct. 14 election. Labour has been sliding in the opinion polls, with the center-right National party leading by 31.9% to 26.5% in a recent survey. Hipkin…

New Zealand PM tests positive for COVID-19 2 weeks before election

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has tested positive for COVID-19 and will work remotely while isolating, his office said on Sunday, two weeks out from a general election. Hipkins has cold and flu symptoms that began on Saturday and would isolate for five days or until he returned a…

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has contracted the coronavirus. He must be quarantined for a maximum of five days, he announced on Instagram on Sunday. His infection comes at a bad time, as there are general elections in the country in less than two weeks.