'You Broke The Rules': Karl Stefanovic Grills Gladys Berejiklian Over COVID-19 Test Bust-Up

New South Wales premier Gladys Berejikian wasn’t getting off lightly during a press round on Tuesday morning after it was revealed she took a COVID-19 test last Tuesday, but didn’t self-isolate till she received her negative result 90 minutes later.

During an interview with the ‘Today’ show, Berejiklian was grilled by host Karl Stefanovic, who asked her to admit she “broke the NSW rules” that require all residents who get tested to self-isolate until results come in.

“You’re in trouble again. What’s going on?” Stefanovic quizzed the premier.

Berejiklian said she was “not in trouble” and that she didn’t have any COVID-like symptoms but got tested as an “abundance of caution” on NSW Budget day when her “voice was starting to go”.

“I didn’t change my schedule. I accepted that, they came, they gave me the test and it came back negative and it’s just my larynx, literally my voice,” she said.

“So to be clear, did you attend any meetings or interact with anyone while you were waiting for the test results?” Stefanovic pressed on.

“As I said Karl, I didn’t change my schedule. I can’t tell you exactly what I did, I can’t remember,” the premier responded, saying she made sure to practice social distancing and hand sanitisation.

Watch the full video below:

But Stefanovic wasn’t going to let her off the hook.

“There’s nothing wrong with saying you had meetings,” he told her.

“Oh look, I very well could have. Even if there wasn’t a scheduled meeting, people come and go all the time,” she replied, adding it had been a long year.

“It has been a long year, but you did break your own rules. You did break NSW health rules,” said Stefanovic, before letting her speak and then insisting again, “But Premier, you...

Continue reading on HuffPost