New Zealand continues to provide the world some light relief during the Covid-19 pandemic, with details of the alleged sexual encounter between a patient and visitor at Auckland City Hospital making perfect fodder for headlines and punchlines globally. Supplied American talkshow host Stephen Colbert responds to Jacinda Ardern being asked about sex in hospitals. He was referring to his visit to New Zealand in 2019, when Ardern picked him up from the airport. On the topic of the alleged sex going on at Auckland City Hospital, Colbert told his American audience “we have got to get socialised medicine in this country”. India’s Wion news agency headlined its report: “Jacinda Ardern warns hospitals to not let Covid patients have sex with visitors.”From Australia, Vice focused on how sex in hospital, during a pandemic, was a “high-risk activity” and headlined its report “please stop having sex in hospital during Covid”.

Source: Stuff September 10, 2021 22:41 UTC