‘Sorry, a slight distraction’: Jacinda Ardern unruffled as earthquake interrupts press conference

The 5.9 magnitude quake forced the prime minister to pause and grip her podium before continuing to outline post-Covid lockdown plans

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has been interrupted by an earthquake midway through announcing the country’s plans for a post-lockdown future.

The 5.9 quake rattled parliament in Wellington on Friday as Ardern was holding a press conference on the new vaccination targets – a plan which may send some shockwaves of its own in New Zealand, as it prepares to encounter widespread Covid for the first time.

Continue reading...

from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/3jrTHVv