New Zealand Prime Minister leaves press conference after being interrupted by anti-vaccines

The New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, was forced this Tuesday to leave a press conference after suffering multiple outages by two anti-vaccine activists. Ardern was in the Northland region, the area with the lowest rate of immunization against covid in the country, explaining to the media the development of the vaccination process when a maori woman, with her baby in her arms, began to interrupt the statements of the prime minister singing aloud.

During the appearance, Ardern’s responses were constantly interrupted by American journalist Shane Chafin from Counterspin Media, a New Zealand show that is associated with far-right groups. Chafin, who attended the press conference unidentified, asked for explanations about the case of the woman who died after receiving the drug, in addition to requesting the mortality rate of the vaccine.

“Why does the vaccine not work in Israel and you continue to promote it?” The journalist continued to interrupt, to which the head of the oceanic Executive replied that he was being rude. “Rude is lying to the New Zealand public“Chafin snapped. Ardern, visibly annoyed and after trying to ignore the journalist’s words, apologized to the accredited media and decided to end the press conference.

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