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The cargo ship that a man who tested positive for Covid-19 was working on was denied entry to Napier port.
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Chris Hipkins says that given the timing of the man’s symptoms, it was unlikely he was infected in Taranaki. Source: 1 NEWS
Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield announced today that an Auckland man who works in the shipping industry went to Taranaki last Wednesday and worked on a ship there.
The man began having symptoms of Covid-19 on Friday when he returned to Auckland and was examined that day.
Yesterday afternoon the result was positive with the man and his family now in quarantine.
The ship, the Ken Rei, was due to arrive in Napier this afternoon, where Dr. Bloomfield said the crew, considered to be “close contacts” of the infected man, would be isolated and tested upon arrival in Napier.
According to its shipping forecast, the Ken Rei left Port Taranaki on Friday at 7.11pm bound for Napier.
Bloomfield said the people the man was working with on the boat were wearing PPE and were being “screened” at this time.
“No one on board is symptomatic at this time and no plans have been made to quarantine the workers on board the ship,” said Bloomfield.
But a Napier port spokesperson says the ship would not arrive in port today.
“It is at anchor for the time being and will not reach the port of Napier,” the spokesman said.
“For the moment, we will be in contact with the public health unit and we will provide everything they need from us.”
A spokesman for the Ministry of Health confirmed to 1 NEWS that this was the case.
“They [crew] “
“They are in quarantine on board the ship,” the ministry spokesman said.
The ministry did not say if the crew would continue to be quarantined aboard the ship, if they would be allowed to enter Napier port, or if the ship would be diverted.
