/ The Late Show with Stephen ColbertUS talk show pokes fun at New Zealand's bemusing 1pm Covid question. / The Late Show with Stephen ColbertA US television with a long-publicised love affair with Aotearoa has highlighted a quirky moment from our Covid response this week, poking fun at our Auckland Hospital patient sex incident. Nurses accused Auckland DHB of playing "Russian roulette" with patient safety by allowing up to 600 daily hospital visitors during the Delta outbreak. When a reporter asked about an allegation of a hospital patient and a visitor having "sexual relations" at Auckland Hospital, Ardern looked visibly bemused by the topic. "They have sex at the Auckland Hospital?"

Source: New Zealand Herald September 10, 2021 21:22 UTC