New Zealand minister says it’s harder for people in dense cities to ‘go out and spread their legs’

New Zealand’s COVID-19 response minister Chris Hipkins said during Sunday’s COVID-19 update that it’s harder for people in dense cities to go out and “spread their legs” instead of saying “stretch their legs” as New Zealand extended its COVID-19 lockdown in response to an ongoing Delta outbreak.

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