New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Monday that the general election would be postponed by four weeks until October 17, as the country tackles a new outbreak of COVID-19. On Sunday, New Zealand recorded 13 confirmed infections, bringing the number of active cases to 69. Ardern also put Auckland, the country’s largest city, under a two-week lockdown last week.
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