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 negative test, the prime minister's office said in a statement.The positive test will keep Hipkins temporarily on the campaign sidelines ahead of the, as his struggling incumbent Labour party seeks to win another term in office.
Hipkins on Sunday was due attend a Samoan church service in Auckland, but a spokesperon said Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni would attend in his place.The government lifted all remaining in August, but health authorities still recommend that people stay home for five days if feeling unwell or if they have tested positive to COVID-19.
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