New Zealand PM Ardern to step down in February
The shocking decision from Ardern comes after five and a half years of tenure leading New Zealand through the coronavirus pandemic.
The shocking decision from Ardern comes after five and a half years of tenure leading New Zealand through the coronavirus pandemic.
The case from the managed isolation is a child returning New Zealand from Afghanistan via Dubai on August 3.
This case brought New Zealand's total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 to 1,220.
Along with all 51 murders, the gunman has been convicted on 40 charges of attempted murder relating to the two attacks
The two Christchurch cases were a man in his 70s and a man in his 30s who arrived from India on June 20 on the same flight.
The two infected patients are a couple in their 20s who returned from India on a direct repatriation flight and arrived on June 5.
Police in New Zealand do not normally carry guns, and it is rare for officers to be killed in the line of duty.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has described the emergence of the two COVID-19 cases "an unacceptable failure of the system", while Bloomfield said that it was "a slip up in the process".
Earlier, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had warned that new cases may come up in the future as New Zealanders return home, and some others were allowed in under special conditions.
