Coronavirus Covid-19: two new cases in managed isolation

Currently, there are two new cases of Covid-19 in managed isolation.

There are no new community cases: the sixth day in a row without any.

Yesterday there was a new community case of Covid-19 in managed isolation: a traveler from Great Britain.

New Zealand also reached the milestone of 100 million QR scans using the Covid Tracer app after a campaign for Kiwis to keep tracking their movements.

The Ministry of Health was also awaiting the results of the second test of a young child in Japan who tested positive upon arrival after testing negative in New Zealand.

Health Director General Ashley Bloomfield said the result could have been a false positive and they deemed the case “very low risk” for New Zealand.

Before the boy and his family left New Zealand, they flew from Napier to Auckland on Thursday, October 22 on Air New Zealand flight NZ5018.

Anyone else on that flight should be alert for symptoms.