New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has tested covid positive after her family contracted the virus earlier this week. PM Jacinda will stay in isolation till May 21st.

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern tests positive for Covid-19

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern said today that the county may close its border for most part of the year amid the global vaccine rollout. Watch: "Given the risks in the world around us and the uncertainty of the global rollout of a vaccine, we can expect our borders to be impacted for much of this year," Ardern said.

New Zealand may keep its borders closed for much of 2021 amid pandemic

As the coronavirus death toll continued to rise worldwide, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that "we have won the battle against undetected community transmission of coronavirus.

No widespread, undetected COVID-19 community transmission, we have won that battle: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern