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New Zealand prime minister delays election process amid new coronavirus lockdown

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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday delayed a key step toward next month’s general election, as the country was plunged back into lockdown after the discovery of the first COVID-19 cases in more than three months.Ardern said she was suspending the dissolution of parliament, which was due to make way for an election scheduled to take place on Sept.

19, until Monday. No decision had yet been made on delaying the actual poll, she added. After 102 days coronavirus-free, New Zealand reports 4 new cases “It’s too early to make decisions but there is a bit of flexibility to move the election date if required,” Ardern told a televised media conference, adding any date before Nov 21 can be chosen for the.

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