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The latest Covid-19 case detected in the community visited various locations in Auckland and Wellington, the Health Ministry announced on Sunday afternoon.
The case, a close contact of an Auckland quarantine worker, was one of six reported on Sunday. The other five are in managed isolation.
The person was at the Auckland Airport Domestic Terminal between 5.30pm and 7.45pm on Thursday, visiting Avis car rentals, Orleans Chicken & Waffles, The Gypsy Moth and Hudsons while there.
They also went to Little Penang in Wellington between 1:15 PM and 3:45 PM on Friday.
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Automatic alerts will be sent through the Covid Tracer app to people who have registered at these locations, the ministry said.
Anyone in the same place at the same time will be considered a casual contact with a low risk of exposure. Close contacts have been contacted directly.
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Two workers at Sudima’s managed isolation facility in Christchurch have tested positive for Covid-19.
The ministry said the sixth case announced Sunday was a close contact of a new community case that was reported on Friday.
The case on Friday was a member of the Defense Forces who had been working at the Jet Park quarantine hotel in south Auckland. He was now isolated in a quarantine facility.
On Saturday 25 close contacts of the worker were identified and tested.
One of them, a civilian employee of the Defense Forces, had tested positive.
The ministry said the employee did not work at the Jet Park facility, but had a work-related meeting with the first case on Wednesday, Nov.4, before flying back to Wellington on Thursday night.
The comrades attending that meeting had been identified and were now isolated. Those sitting near the positive case, on Air New Zealand flight NZ457, were also contacted and requested to be tested.
The case was sitting in row 23 of that flight.
“As an added precaution, we are also asking the households of these flight close contacts to isolate themselves until they are informed that their flight close contact has had a negative test. These households are considered second-order contacts. “
“Anyone else on the flight who is concerned about your health can call Healthline on 0800 358 5453.”
The most recent community case was now at the Mercure Wellington quarantine facility. Five household contacts were also in self-isolation and were being evaluated.
A ministry spokeswoman said the person developed mild symptoms on Friday night.
Ross Giblin
A new case of Covid-19 announced on Sunday traveled on Air New Zealand Flight 457 on Thursday night. The Defense Force employee was sitting in row 23.
“Auckland Regional Public Health and Wellington Regional Public Health will continue to work with [the person] to track other meeting attendees and post-meeting movements with [the first new community case].
“Relevant locations of interest, including businesses, will be contacted and publicly notified as they become available. Close contacts will be contacted directly. “
Meanwhile, testing of the genome of the person announced as positive on Friday showed a link to previously identified cases within the Jet Park facility.
“This can give us confidence that we will be able to identify how the transmission could have occurred. We are already actively working to track this.
“At this point, there is nothing to suggest that there is a higher risk in the Auckland or Wellington regions.”
They said anyone concerned about their health should call Healthline.
The tests were available throughout Auckland.
In Wellington, tests were available at the following CBACs: 196 Taranaki Street, Wellington Central; 178 Bedford Street, Cannons Creek Porirua; and the Lower Hutt Central CBAC. You can also schedule testing appointments at Team Medical, 1 Coastlands Parade, Paraparaumu.
“The hours for this afternoon have been extended at the Porirua site. Contact Healthline for information and advice on Wellington sites. They will direct you to the correct phone number to book a trial. “
Defense Force asks 1,300 employees to work from home
The Defense Force has closed its Wellington headquarters, Defense House, where around 1,300 NZDF personnel work, for a deep clean following the announcement that two of its employees had tested positive for Covid-19.
“All personnel would be working from home until further notice,” Deputy Chief of the Defense Force Vice Air Marshal (AVM) Tony Davies said in a statement Sunday.
Other organizations, based at Defense House, were being advised and their staff would also be working from home, ”he said.
Davies said a civilian and a member of the military personnel tested positive for COVID-19.
The civilian was based at the NZDF Defense House in Wellington.
Meanwhile, he said the military man had provided an excellent description of his movements in order to allow for a quick and thorough contact tracing process.
“We take the health and safety of our military personnel and civilian employees very seriously, and we will do everything we can to keep people informed and handle the situation.
“We are also in contact with the Ministry of Health and we are complying with its protocols.
“We are doing everything we can to keep our people, their families and whanau safe as we take on these important roles that directly contribute to the safety and security of New Zealand and New Zealanders.”
Five new cases in managed isolation
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Five new cases of Covid-19 announced on Sunday are in the Auckland quarantine facility.
Five of the country’s most recent Covid-19 cases were detected at the Auckland quarantine facility.
One case, which arrived from Italy via Hawaii on November 3, tested positive around day 3 in routine tests.
Two cases, which arrived from the United Arab Emirates on November 3, tested positive around routine tests on the 3rd. They had not traveled together.
Another case arrived from Romania, via Doha and Australia, on November 3. They tested positive around day 3 on routine tests.
The latest case in managed isolation arrived from Germany, via the United Arab Emirates, on November 5 and was taken directly to the quarantine facility after appearing symptomatic.
The ministry said the total number of confirmed cases was now 1,626.
“Yesterday, our labs completed 4,116 tests for COVID-19, bringing the total number of tests completed to date to 1,136,936.”
Application to use the Covid Tracer app
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The Health Ministry urges more people to use the Covid tracking app after two new community cases.
Friday night’s case prompted the ministry to ask people to use the Covid tracking app more after a small number of people were notified that they were in the same location as the infected quarantine worker.
The worker visited two central Auckland businesses while infected, Mezze Bar and Liquor.com, in central Auckland. Both businesses closed for a deep clean following the news and have now reopened.
However, the ministry said that fewer than 20 people who had been in the same place as the infected person received an alert from the tracking app, reinforcing the need for people to use it.
“This case once again reinforces the importance of everyone who can use the application to keep a record of where they have been; it allows our contact tracing team to quickly notify you if you may have been exposed to this virus and allows you to take immediate action to protect yourself, your whānau and your community. “
There are now 2,344,300 registered users on NZ COVID Tracer.
The app has logged a total of 109,345,126 poster scans and users have created a total of 4,547,788 manual journal entries.
“We want to reinforce the importance of everyone who can use the app keeping a record of where they have been.”
