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.

New Zealand PM tests positive for Covid-19 two weeks before elections - La Prensa Latina Media

Bangkok, Oct 1 (EFE).- New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins announced Sunday that he had tested positive for Covid-19, just two weeks before an election seen as crucial for the Labor Party, whose popularity has plummeted in the country. In an announcement on his Facebook account, Hipkins, appointed prime minister in mid-January following the surprise resignation of Jacinda Ardern, said he woke up feeling ill and later tested positive for the…

‘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…