09 September 2021

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‘High-risk activity’: Ardern advises hospital visitors against sex with patients during Covid

New Zealand prime minister’s face shows full range of emotions after being asked about Auckland patient’s liaison that health chief called a ‘high-risk activity’

NZ prime minister Jacinda Ardern is asked a tough question by a reporter during Thursday’s Covid-19 briefing
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NZ prime minister Jacinda Ardern struggles with tough question during Covid press conference – video
in Wellington

Last modified on Thu 9 Sep 2021 01.41 EDT

New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern may have kept her cool through a global pandemic, but a question about a patient and a visitor having sex at an Auckland hospital had the typically unflappable leader struggling to contain her expressions.

Ardern and the director general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield were giving their daily Covid-19 press conference, when a reporter asked them whether an allegation involving a patient and visitor who had “sexual relations” at Auckland hospital was considered a “high-risk activity, in the current climate”. . .

> As the question was asked, Ardern’s face rapidly shifted through expressions, from disturbed, to exasperated, to bemused.

> Dr Bloomfield responded to the question first with a smile: “I think it is a high-risk activity, potentially, however I don’t know any of the details about that interaction.”

Ardern followed up with: “I would say, generally, regardless of the Covid status, that kind of thing shouldn’t generally be part of visiting hours, I would have thought.”

 

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