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There are four new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand on Monday, all in managed isolation facilities.
One of the new cases arrived from Ethiopia via Dubai and Kuala Lumpur on November 14. They tested positive on the 11th day of their stay in administered isolation on Friday, and the case was included in Monday’s data because of what the ministry called “a database reconciliation.” ”.
Two people arrived from the United States of America on November 23. They were tested on day five, as a person in their bubble had previously tested positive.
One person arrived from the United States of America on November 26 and tested positive for routine tests on day three.
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New Zealand is currently at alert level 1. (File photo)
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Currently 1,700 cases have been confirmed in New Zealand.
On Sunday, there was a new case of the virus in controlled isolation.
On Monday, the Health Ministry said that, as previously reported, six members of Pakistan’s cricket team tested positive on the first day. Two of those cases had been found to be historical infections and those players were no longer infectious.
A member of the team tested positive on the third day.
The remaining 46 members of the squad tested negative on their tests on day three, and the tests on day six will take place on Monday.
Following those results, the Canterbury DHB Medical Health Officer will conduct an evaluation of negative players and decide whether to grant them an exemption from administered isolation for training.
The medical officer should be satisfied that the risk of transmitting Covid-19 is unlikely, the Health Ministry said in a statement.
The ministry said Sunday’s case was a person who arrived from Jordan, via Dubai, on November 26. They are now in Auckland’s quarantine facility, the Jet Park Hotel.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said that a Covid-19 vaccine could be launched in March 2021.
Frontline workers are expected to be prioritized when the first doses are available, followed by those deemed most vulnerable, including the elderly, Maori and Pasifika communities.
Ardern’s comments come after the UK announced that the first Pfizer and BioNTech vaccines could be available in a week. UK hospitals have been told to prepare for deliveries on December 7.
Any vaccine planning to enter the New Zealand market will need to be approved by Medsafe first, regardless of approvals already granted abroad.
“They are not going to have the big tick in New Zealand unless they are satisfied,” previously vaccinated Dr. Helen Pertousis-Harris said. Things. “Now they have a lot of work ahead of them.”
Medsafe cannot provide specific timelines for approvals, but said a decision could be made within months of receiving the full dataset.
The latest statistics from the Ministry of Health show that the NZ COVID Tracer app now has 2,388,200 registered users.
Poster scans have reached 129,743,416 and users have created 5,253,809 manual journal entries.
