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Chief Health Officer Dr. Ashley Bloomfield during an update on the Covid-19 response at the Ministry of Health in Wellington last month. Photo / Mark Mitchell
There are two new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, both in managed isolation, and there are no new community cases. 10 days have passed since there was a community case.
The Health Ministry said the new cases are:
• A person who arrived from Amsterdam via Singapore on October 23
• A person who arrived from the UK via Dubai and Malaysia on October 19
They were detected during routine testing and isolation processes and are now in the Auckland quarantine facility, the ministry said.
New Zealand’s total number of active cases is 77; there have been 1603 cases overall.
Laboratories completed 4,401 tests yesterday, bringing the number of tests completed to 1,101,067.
Christchurch garbage cluster closed
The ministry also announced that the group of Christchurch returnees had been closed.
“It has been more than 28 days since the last case, the duration of two infection cycles, and the group is now officially closed,” the ministry said.
This cluster began with the report on September 19 of a person who developed symptoms and was tested after finishing 14 days in controlled isolation and returning two negative tests on days 3 and 12.
“As a result of an investigation within the managed isolation facility, the most likely source of infection was thought to be the result of the transfer of infection through a garbage can with a lid shared with your neighbor who had developed the infection between the two.tests on installation.
“There are seven cases linked to the cluster, six announced as cases in the community (on September 19, 20 and 23) and the seventh (September 9) detected while still in managed isolation, but later linked to the other six cases .
“The lessons from this group have led to changes that include information from our ongoing audit and the strengthening of our managed isolation procedures and processes.”
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced this morning that England would return to a national lockdown until December 1.
Yesterday, there were seven new Covid-19 cases in New Zealand, all of which were handled in isolation.
Nine days have passed since a community case was reported in our country.
Yesterday’s cases were:
• One that arrived from the United States on October 26
• One that arrived from Ukraine on October 26
• Two who arrived from Qatar on October 27
• One that arrived from Dubai on October 28
• Two who arrived from Qatar on October 29
