Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tests negative for Covid-19

By RNZ.co.nz and is republished with permission.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has tested negative for Covid-19 after being deemed a close contact of a positive case on a flight.

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was isolating after being deemed a close contact of a positive Covid-19 case on a flight from Kerikeri to Auckland on 22 January.Ā Photo:Ā RNZ / Samuel Rillstone

Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro and a staff member in the Prime Minister’s office who were on the flight with her have also had negative results.

Ardern and Dame Cindy Kiro are self-isolating and took PCR tests afterĀ they were deemed close contacts of the positive Covid-19 case.

They and their fellow passengers were exposed to the coronavirus on a flight from Kerikeri to Auckland on 22 January.

Ardern is fully vaccinated and received a booster shot on 17 January.

The flight – NZ8273 – was added to the Ministry of Health website as a location of interest on Saturday.

Ardern and Dame Cindy were in Northland undertaking advance filming at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds for the Waitangi Day broadcast.

The whole genome sequencing of the original case is also expected today.

Ardern’s office said at the weekend that she felt well and had no symptoms.

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