Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's post-Cabinet COVID-19 Omicron outbreak update

  • 25/01/2022

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is holding her weekly post-Cabinet press conference at the Beehive in Wellington. Ardern is expected to provide an update on the Omicron outbreak. 

The Government on Sunday shifted all of New Zealand into the most restrictive 'red' traffic light setting after nine cases of Omicron discovered in the Nelson region - a family who flew to Auckland and attended a wedding with over 100 guests - had no clear link to the border. 

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