Jacinda Ardern is forced into isolation on Mother’s Day after her fiancé tests positive to Covid
- Jacinda Ardern will have to spend seven days in isolation with Clarke Gayford
- New Zealand prime minister took to Instagram on Mother’s Day to make update
- Ms Ardern said Mr Gayford woke up feeling sick and tested positive to the virus
Jacinda Ardern has been forced into isolation for seven days after her fiancé tested positive to Covid.
The New Zealand prime minister said her fiancé Clarke Gayford woke up feeling unwell on the morning of Mother’s Day.
‘Happy Mother’s Day everyone! It’s not even midday and already I’d say ours has been a mixed bag,’ she wrote on Instagram.
Jacinda Ardern has been forced into isolation for seven days after her fiance tested positive to Covid
The New Zealand prime minister revealed her partner Clarke Gayford had woken up feeling unwell on the morning of Mother’s Day
‘Neve was so excited that it was Mother’s Day she got up nice and early to share this lovely card! (Who doesn’t love being compared to hot lava …).
‘The downside is Clarke woke up feeling a bit average and has tested positive for Covid, so we have 7 days of family time ahead of us!’
Ms Ardern said she would continue to work remotely while she was in isolation.
‘I’ll be working from home so anyone who watches question time, or is attending my Business NZ speech on Wednesday, you’ll still see me remotely!’ she wrote.
‘Otherwise, a happy Mother’s Day to everyone who plays mum in anyone’s life. You are as magical as hot lava is to a three-year-old!’
New Zealand still enforces isolation rules for household contact of positive Covid cases. Australia scrapped this requirement weeks ago.
Household contacts must isolate from the moment the Covid positive person receives their test result.
They must take a rapid antigen test on the third and seventh day of the positive contact’s isolation period.
Ms Ardern provided an update about her fiance on Instagram alongside a photo of an adorable card made by her daughter Neve
Families embrace after a flight from Los Angeles arrived at Auckland International Airport as New Zealand’s border opened for visa-waiver countries Monday
Ms Ardern could be required to isolate for an additional seven days if she tests positive to the virus.
An extended isolation period could mean Ms Ardern misses the federal budget on May 19.
The New Zealand prime minister made the Instagram post alongside a photo of an adorable Mother’s Day card made by her daughter Neve.
‘Mum. Yay! It is Mother’s Day! Happy Mother’s Day! I love fishy kisses. I love you like hot lava. Love from, Neve,’ the card read.
New Zealand welcomed thousands of travellers from around the globe on Monday as the country opened its borders to visitors from about 60 nations including the US, Britain, and Singapore for the first time since Covid-19 hit in early 2020.
One woman flew in from London via Los Angeles to visit her daughter, Holly, for the first time since lockdowns started
Emotional Brits were finally reunited with their loved ones in New Zealand as grandparents met their grandchildren and families shared hugs and tears for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic began
Maori cultural performers sang songs at the arrivals gate in Auckland and travellers were handed popular locally made chocolate bars as the first flights came in from Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Friends and family hugged and cried as people were reunited for what was for some the first time in more than two years.
Garth Halliday, who was waiting at the airport for his son, daughter-in-law and grandson to land from London, told local media it made him happy and emotional to see so many families reunited.
New Zealand had some of the toughest rules in the world during the pandemic and only recently started to ease the increasingly unpopular measures.
The country hopes to boost tourism and ease labour shortages now the Omicron variant is widespread.
Borders were opened to New Zealanders and Australians in February and March. Now visitors from around 60 visa-waiver countries can enter without quarantine as long as they are vaccinated and test negative for Covid.
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