Covid 19 coronavirus: six new cases in managed isolation

There are six new cases of Covid-19 in managed isolation.

Today there are no new community cases, seven days in a row since a community case was reported in our country.

The six borderline cases were identified during routine testing around the third day of their stay in controlled isolation. One person arrived from the Netherlands via Singapore on October 23 and four people arrived from India on October 24.

Cargo ship leaving Napier

The crew of the freighter Ken Rei was tested again for Covid-19 yesterday. They all had a second negative test result.

The ship will leave Napier today and head to Tauranga.

Child traveling from New Zealand tests positive in Japan

New Zealand health authorities continue to work with their Japanese counterparts on a New Zealand boy who tested weak positive for Covid-19 after arriving in Japan on October 23.

“We suspect this is a historical case or false positive result, and will provide further details when they become available.”

Contact tracking card

The Health Ministry says the testing program for the proposed contact tracing card is now moving into the final phases “in the field” and “analysis”, during which 500-1500 people from Ngongotahâ will use the cards while performing. your daily activities. lives.

“The ministry has worked closely with Te Arawa and the Universities of Waikato and Otago to co-design these phases of the program. Te Arawa knows the Ngongotahâ community better than anyone and has the skills and experience to support a successful community trial.

Registration begins tomorrow and the test will end on November 15.

“The cards use Bluetooth to exchange ‘digital handshakes’ with each other to keep an anonymous record of the participants’ close contacts with each other.”

Yesterday’s cases

Health officials said yesterday that there were two new cases of the virus in controlled isolation.

The first was a person who arrived from Paris via Dubai and Kuala Lumpur last Friday, October 23.

The second person landed from London, also via Dubai and Kuala Lumpur, on the same day.

Both tested positive for Covid-19 around the third day of their time in controlled isolation and were later transferred to the dedicated quarantine facility in Auckland.

Authorities also revealed yesterday that four people had recovered from the virus, bringing the total number of active cases in New Zealand to 66.