PM Jacinda Ardern clarifies Christmas Covid comments as cases increase

PM Jacinda Ardern sits down to discuss 2022, ideas to lift incomes, and whether Labour will promise tax cuts in 2023. Video / NZ HeraldPM Jacinda Ardern sits down to discuss 2022, ideas to lift incomes, and whether Labour will promise tax cuts in 2023. Video / NZ HeraldPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern is clarifying her earlier statements claiming Kiwis won’t have Covid-19 hanging over them during Christmas following the worst week of infections in the third wave of the Omicron outbreak. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave an update on the farming emissions levy pricing system in Auckland today. When asked about masks, Ardern said it had been decided the most impactful measures on limiting transmission were case isolation periods, vaccination and anti-viral medication.