Ardern, Bloomfield to hold media conference on Omicron

January 23, 2022
Covid-19 test (file photo).

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield have announced they will be providing an update on the Omicron situation on Sunday.

A media conference will be held at 11am.

It comes after five flights were on Saturday linked to nine Covid-19 cases reported in the Nelson Tasman region on Friday.

An Air New Zealand crew member on the same Auckland-Nelson flight as the nine cases - who are all part of one household - tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday.

READ MORE: Five Air NZ flights linked to Nelson-Tasman Covid cases

1News will broadcast the media conference on TVNZ 1, and live streamed on the 1News Facebook page and website.

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