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An Auckland bus driver tested positive for Covid-19.
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Dr. Bloomfield says that no passengers are considered close contacts of the driver, who wore a mask and had no symptoms. Source: 1 NEWS
The driver works on the Northern Express service.
Chief Health Officer Dr. Ashley Bloomfield says there are no close contacts from the bus trips.
Covid-19 positive driver driven bus trips in Auckland on Thursday 3 September. Source: Supplied
The driver had no symptoms on these trips and wore a mask and gloves.
Covid-19 positive driver driven bus trips in Auckland on Friday 4 September. Source: Supplied
“There is duct tape on the bus that creates a space of at least 1.5 meters between the passengers getting on or off the bus and the driver,” says Bloomfield.
“However, as part of a cautious approach, we are working with Auckland Transport and using data from the Hop Card to identify the people riding on the buses the driver was riding on.
“People on buses don’t have to isolate themselves, but they do need to watch for symptoms.”
Auckland Transport has confirmed that there were 319 passengers who traveled on this service during the two days between Hibiscus Coast / Albany and Auckland city center.
The news comes as there are six new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today.
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Today there were six new cases, all from Mt Roskill Evangelical Fellowship. Source: 1 NEWS
All new cases are in the community and linked to the Mt Roskill church group.
Bloomfield says many of the fellowship members have been screened, but because cases are still emerging within that broader group, all church members are being asked to retest.
He says that anyone who has had contact with members of the fellowship should also be tested, even if they have no symptoms.
Four of the new cases are part of a group of 14 that are associated with a new event, which is linked to the church. Bloomfield has called it a series of “grief events.”
All close contacts from those events are now isolated and have been contacted.
Bloomfield has confirmed one of the cases as the student of the Catholic University of St. Dominic. That student went to school last Friday, but left early after starting to feel unwell and close contacts are being identified.
Tests will be conducted for the school community in general.
