Jacinda Ardern is concerned that large crowds – estimated at about 2,000 in Auckland – could undermine New Zealand's success in fighting the virus.
SAFETY FIRST. In this file photo taken on April 20, 2020 New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks at a post-Cabinet media conference at Parliament House in Wellingto. Photo by Mark Mitchell/AFP
But she was concerned that large crowds – estimated at about 2,000 in Auckland – could undermine New Zealand's success in fighting the virus as they stood shoulder-to-shoulder in solidarity with US protesters. New Zealand, with a population of 5 million, has recorded just 1,154 cases of COVID-19 with 22 deaths, after imposing a strict seven-week lockdown that ended last month.
Ardern's deputy Winston Peters – a coalition partner from the populist New Zealand First Party – called for the organizers of Monday's protests to be prosecuted.
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