New Zealand delays its election to October 17 after another outbreak of Covid19 cases
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has delayed New Zealand's elections by four weeks due to the coronavirus outbreak in Auckland.Opposition parties had sought a delay after the virus outbreak prompted the government last week to put Auckland under a two-week lockdown and halted election campaigning.
Ardern had the option of delaying the election for up to about two months. She said she had called the leaders of all the political parties represented in the parliament to get their views before making her decision Monday. “Covid is continuing to disrupt life around the world," Ardern said. Other nations including South Korea and Singapore had nevertheless managed to hold elections during the pandemic, she added.
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