New Zealand’s Ardern hits back at Trump over coronavirus ‘surge’

WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hit back on Tuesday against US President Donald Trump for saying her country is experiencing a “big surge” in COVID-19, calling the remarks “patently wrong.” Trump sparked uproar in New Zealand when he told a crowd in Minnesota that the South Pacific country of 5 million people was in the grip of a “terrible” upsurge in COVID-19 cases, having earlier succeeded in eliminating the disease. Thirteen new infections...