Donald Trump has doubled down on his claims New Zealand is experiencing a large resurgence of Covid-19. It comes after Trump made similar claims earlier this week when addressing a crowd in Mankato, Minnesota. "They beat it they beat, it was like front page [news] they beat it because they wanted to show me something." "The problem is [there is a] big surge in New Zealand, you know it's terrible - we don't want that. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hit back at Trump Tuesday, saying his claims were "patently wrong".

Source: Otago Daily Times August 19, 2020 22:30 UTC