2022년 5월 14일 작년 한 때나마 코로나 방역 모범국이었던 내가 살던 뉴질랜드 총리도 코로나 확진.

2022년 5월 14일 작년 한 때나마 코로나 방역 모범국이었던 내가 살던 뉴질랜드 총리도 코로나 확진.

 

한 때 신종 코로나바이러스 감염증(코로나19) 방역 모범 국가로 손꼽히던 뉴질랜드 총리가 확진 판정을 받았다고 세계적 뉴스 거리로 등장했다. 작년 전국민 감금에 가까운 록다운 정책으로 천당과 지옥을 경험했던 우리인지라 그간 정책의 최종 책임자인 그녀가 코로라 감염이라서 웬지 쓸쓸한 느낌이 드는 것은 어쩔 수 없는 것 같다.

 

가디언 등에 따르면 14일(현지시간) 뉴질랜드 총리실은 전날 저녁부터 코로나19 증상을 보이던 저신다 아던 총리가 이날 오전 양성 판정을 받았다고 밝혔다.

 

The New Zealand prime minister, Jacinda Ardern has tested positive for Covid-19 and will have to isolate for another week in what she called a “very Kiwi experience”.

 

Days after announcing the relaxation of the country's tight border controls Ardern developed symptoms on Friday evening and returned a positive test before another positive result from a rapid antigen test on Saturday morning, her office said in a statement. Her symptoms are said to be moderate.

 

Her partner, Clarke Gayford, tested positive last Sunday and Ardern has been in quarantine since then.

 

 

아던 총리는 남편 클라크 게이퍼드가 확진 판정을 받은 지난 8일부터 자가격리를 하고있는 상태였다. 그는 뉴질랜드 방역 지침에 따라 오는 21일 오전까지 추가로 격리되어야 한다.

 

She will have to isolate until the morning of Saturday 21 May and will not be in parliament in the coming week when her government has two set-piece events in the emissions reduction plan on Monday and the budget on Thursday.

 

Ardern will carry out some duties remotely but her deputy, Grant Robertson, will take the regular post-cabinet press conference on Monday.

 

“This is a milestone week for the government and I’m gutted I can’t be there for it,” Ardern said.

“Our emissions reduction plan sets the path to achieve our carbon zero goal and the budget addresses the long-term future and security of New Zealand’s health system.

 

“But as I said earlier in the week, isolating with Covid-19 is a very Kiwi experience this year and my family is no different.”

 

뉴질랜드 총리실은 아던 총리가 일부 업무만을 원격으로 수행하고 나머지는 그랜트 로버트슨 부총리가 대신 하게 될 것이라고 전했다.

 

아던 총리는 SNS를 통해 "계속해서 방역에 힘썼지만 안타깝게도 나를 포함해 우리 가족들 모두가 코로나19 확진 판정을 받았다"며 "모두가 방역에 각별히 신경썼으면 좋겠다"고 말했다.