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An Air NZ delegate connected to the Bluff wedding group is “deeply upset” by what happened.
An Air New Zealand delegate linked to one of the country’s largest coronavirus groups says he followed appropriate health measures.
That man who Things Agreed not to identify himself, issued a brief statement Wednesday night through an airline spokesman.
The employee, like all of the airline’s operating cabin crew, “adhered to the guidance of the Ministry of Health, which includes hygiene measures and PPE.”
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Covid-19 brief diary with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director General of Health Dr. Ashley Bloomfield. Wednesday April 15, 2020.
“Our colleague is deeply upset about what happened and the implication in comments posted in the media that he did something wrong.”
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Aircrew is exempt from self-isolation after returning from working abroad, provided they adhere to the strict guidelines of the Ministry of Health regarding hygiene and the use of PPE.
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The Oyster Cove restaurant, at Stirling Point in Bluff, was the venue for a wedding on March 21, before the national shutdown entered.
Under level 4 restrictions, the crew is also required to self-isolate at home when not working.
A media outlet reported that the manager was gargling salt water one day after the March 21 wedding, because he felt unwell.
However, it is understood that he was linked to a dental procedure days before.
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The entrance sign to Bluff.
The butler, who was related to the groom, was asymptomatic at the wedding on Saturday and the Sunday after the party, only became ill when he returned home.
It is understood that the administrator had been abroad the week before the wedding.
Earlier this week Things reported that Chrisanthos (Christo) Tzanoudakis, 87, died at Wellington Hospital on April 10, becoming New Zealand’s third Covid-19 related death.
He was the father of the groom at the wedding.
The wedding ceremony was held at Invercargill before taking guests to the Oyster Cove restaurant in Bluff, about 25 minutes away, for the reception.
The bride is originally from Waitomo in Waikato, and the city has reported several cases of coronavirus.
Both the bride and groom, and many of their 70 guests, felt bad in the days and weeks that followed.
The bride who Things He agreed not to name, rejected an interview request on Tuesday, but previously denied that anyone had come from abroad for the wedding.
“We feel a lot of responsibility, but they have all been really reassuring,” he said in an interview last Wednesday.
On Wednesday, three new cases of coronaviruses linked to the Bluff group were confirmed in the area of influence of the Southern District Health Board, bringing the group’s total to 89.
Another man related to the wedding remains at Dunedin Hospital in intensive care.
