New Zealand’s Prime Minister canceled her marriage due to Corona protocol [TKB-World]

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Sunday that she has canceled her marriage due to restrictions imposed to prevent the growing Omicron infection in the country. Masks have been made mandatory in New Zealand from Sunday night. Apart from this, gatherings will be banned. Only a limited number of people will be able to attend an event.

9 cases of Omicron were reported after a marriage in New Zealand. Since then, the risk of community spread has increased there. There a family had returned to South Iceland by plane after attending the wedding ceremony from Auckland. After this, the corona report of the family member and flight attendant came positive. Hence ban was announced in New Zealand.

Sanctions imposed in New Zealand

Under the new restrictions, up to 100 people are allowed in bars and restaurants and events such as weddings. Apart from this, if the vaccine passed is not comply at the venue, then only 25 people can attend.

Apart from this, borders are closed for foreigners in New Zealand since March 2020. In view of the cases of Omicron, the government has taken forward the decision to regularize it. In New Zealand, about 94% of the population above the age of 12 years has been vaccinated. Apart from this, 56% of the population has also received a booster dose.

Ardern became the youngest New Zealand PM in 2017

Ardern became New Zealand’s youngest prime minister in 2017, returning to power in October last year. She led her Labor Party to its biggest electoral victory in half a century. Jacinda Ardern is going to marry her longtime boyfriend Clark Gayford. 40-year-old Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern got engaged to her boyfriend and TV host Gayford in 2019.