Coronavirus Covid-19: Jacinda Ardern Says 15 Calls Were Made To KFC Worker’s Family

Police have revealed that a man from Māngere East received a formal warning after a religious service meeting took place despite the level 3 lockdown.

“On Sunday, the police received reports that a group of people had gathered at a property in Mangere East for a religious service, involving several people who did not reside at the address,” the Manukau district commander, the Superintendent Jill Rogers.

“A man in management was spoken to about risks to the public created by those who are not following current restrictions and was issued a written warning regarding this violation.”

Rogers said police will continue to follow up investigations into reports of alert level violations and take appropriate action when necessary.

“It is important that everyone do their part to reduce the risk of community transmission and abide by the current restrictions,” he said.

Overall, the police were pleased with the drivers’ compliance at Auckland’s 10 checkpoints.

Between 6 a.m. Sunday and 3:30 p.m. On Monday, 38,997 vehicles were stopped.

A total of 583 vehicles had been rejected.

“Overall, motorists are complying with the Alert Level 3 restrictions in place for Auckland that only allow essential travel in, out and through the region,” said Rogers.

Delays at the northern and southern checkpoints had been minimal since Monday.

PM: The KFC worker’s family was contacted 15 times.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revised her comments when she said she was frustrated that a person infected with Covid continued to work at KFC and would not apologize.

Case L, the sister of a Papatoetoe High School student, was not isolated at home and went to work at KFC Botany three days before testing positive for the virus.

She said she was never told to self-isolate and that only her sister received a text message saying she needed to get tested and self-isolate.

Ardern said about 15 text messages and phone calls were made to the family.

“In my opinion, everyone at Papatoetoe High School who took an exam felt very clear to me,” Ardern said.

Ardern said that if Case L’s sister, Case I, had been tested when instructed to do so by the school and public health unit, the situation could have been avoided.

“I’ll be back to see what we could have done besides that message.”

The Section 70 order took effect in the middle of the second round of testing at the school.

Law Deputy David Seymour says the only way to find out if the government is trying to save face, blaming the latest cases on the Covid community, is to release the details of what happened.

“The Government needs to release all the details of the contacts made with the family of L, M, N and O cases in the South Auckland cluster center,” he said.

Seymour claimed that Ardern was “trickling down the details” and avoiding scrutiny of his government’s performance while “fanning anger” toward unidentified individuals.

“We have at least one family member in the audience absolutely at odds with the government’s story on the level of contact.

“The Prime Minister says she has reviewed the records and is satisfied, so release the records, Prime Minister, release all the evidence.”

KFC worker wants apology from prime minister

Case L told Discovery that the Prime Minister’s comments – that she should have isolated herself – were “upsetting” and that she wanted an apology.

“It’s not fair of us that we’re getting all this backlash for something that we haven’t really done,” he told Discovery.

Ardern’s office said public health letters were sent to the family on February 17 and 19 saying they needed to get tested. Case L’s family said such advice was never received.

“If they tried to contact us multiple times and send us letters and stuff, where is this evidence?” he told Discovery.

In the meantime, it won’t be known whether or not Auckland is dealing with a larger Covid-19 cluster until the next day or two, when a group of gym-goers are tested for the virus for the first time tomorrow.

People who were at City Fitness Papatoetoe at the same time as a young man, who later tested positive for Covid, are considered more casual contacts.

The last time the 21-year-old was in the gym, inside Hunters Plaza, was on Friday (February 26) between 3.25 pm and 4.30 pm

As casual contacts plus, they should be tested on or after the fifth day of the date they were last exposed to the case, says the Health Ministry.

The official definition of a casual contact plus is someone who has been exposed to a case where there may be an increased risk of transmission, but does not meet the criteria for close contact.

No need for police, says Bloomfield

The fate of those who violated lockdown and isolation rules, plunging Auckland back into lockdown, is now squarely in the lap of Chief Health Officer Dr Ashley Bloomfield.

But Bloomfield has indicated that he will not ask the police to take action on Covid breaches.

He said he had not involved the police so far in this confinement because the families needed support to navigate the isolation.

By not involving the police from the beginning, Bloomfield said: “In the first instance we get our healthcare providers out because often families just need support to stay safely isolated. If we have any problems or challenges or if we cannot find people, then we don’t hesitate to get the police involved. “

He said that yesterday he spoke with the Police Commissioner, who told him that they are “ready, ready and waiting when they need it.”

He said close contacts were called daily in this outbreak and that if no one was home, health officials would involve the police.

He said he did not believe that a punitive approach was the best way to counter the virus and get people to rally.