“My wedding will not take place,” Jacinda Ardern confirmed to reporters following announcing on Saturday (01.22.2022) the new restrictions once morest the coronavirus, which include a cap of 100 fully vaccinated people at events.
“I have joined so many other New Zealanders who have had an experience like this because of the pandemic, and to anyone affected in this way, I am so sorry.”
The appearance of nine cases of omicron in a family that traveled from one city to another to attend a marriage and the infection of a flight attendant on the plane in which they were going, led New Zealand to increase restrictions from Sunday. .
Omicron is much more transmissible than the delta variant, but it is less likely to make people seriously ill.
In addition to limiting the number of people at events, the country made it mandatory to wear a mask on public transport and in stores.
Ardern and her longtime partner, Clarke Gayford, did not announce a date for their wedding, but it was believed to be in the coming weeks. The new restrictions will be in place at least until the end of February.
“That’s life,” Ardern said when asked how she felt regarding imposing the restrictions that ruined her wedding.
“I am no different to the thousands of New Zealanders who have had much more devastating impacts from the pandemic, the most severe being not being able to be with a loved one when they are seriously ill. That outweighs any sadness I have,” he said.
New Zealand has detected 15,104 cases of COVID-19 and recorded 52 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
The country has enforced border restrictions and lockdowns for much of the last two years due to the coronavirus.
gs (afp, News.com.au)
