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There are two new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, both in isolation.
The new cases are imported cases in a managed isolation facility, and one person arrived from Germany via the United Arab Emirates and Malaysia on September 21, the Health Ministry said.
The other person who tested positive arrived on a flight from the Philippines via Taiwan on September 23.
Both cases tested positive around the third day and were transferred to the Auckland quarantine facility, a Health Ministry spokesman said.
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There are currently 59 active cases of coronavirus in New Zealand with 32 imported cases and 27 community cases.
The Health Ministry’s contact tracing team has identified 4,072 close case contacts since Aug. 11, three of whom have yet to be contacted. The rest are self-insulating or self-insulating has ended.
There is a person receiving hospital treatment in isolation in a general ward in Middlemore.
On Sunday, the Health Ministry said all remaining passengers on the Christchurch-Auckland charter flight had been screened, one is expected.
Of them, all the results are negative.
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The new cluster of Covid-19 cases came from a man who tested positive after completing his two weeks of controlled isolation. (File photo)
The remaining passenger is a small child whom the Ministry has decided not to examine after a risk assessment.
The child’s father tested negative and the child is considered low risk.
List of published locations
On Friday, the Health Ministry revealed a list of 15 places visited by a family of three who later tested positive for Covid-19.
Those cases come from the man who previously tested positive after completing isolation in Christchurch.
He, two members of his family and two others on the flight also tested positive for coronavirus.
On September 18, the Christchuch family traveled to Taupō, where they met 18 other people from various parts of New Zealand, before returning to Auckland on September 20.
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The family met 18 other people in Taupō. (File photo)
Those locations include Wellington, Christchurch, the Bay of Plenty, Hamilton, and Auckland.
On Sunday, the Ministry said that there are now a total of 44 close contacts associated with these cases, 36 have returned negative results.
The rest are self-insulating and have been tested or are in the testing process.
The remaining contacts with pending results are in Auckland, the ministry said.
The national contact tracing team will continue to issue exposure notices through the COVID Tracer app when appropriate.
And anyone who receives an app notification stating that they have visited a place of interest should keep an eye on their health and get tested for symptoms, the ministry said.
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Chief Health Officer Dr. Ashley Bloomfield shows the media an example of a scan for the NZ Covid Tracer app.
Locations of Interest After New Covid-19 Cases
Christchurch Airport, Departure Area: Friday, September 11, between 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Briscoes St Lukes, Morningside, Auckland: Saturday 12 September, between 4.30 pm and 6 pm.
Lotus Supermarket, Mt Roskill, Auckland: Saturday, September 12, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Kmart St Lukes, Mount Albert, Auckland: Monday, September 14, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., and Thursday, September 17, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:20 p.m.
Dress Smart Outlet Shopping (Jacqui E, Max, Fila, Puma), Onehunga, Auckland – Wednesday 16 September between 2:45 pm and 5:00 pm.
Just Cuts – St Lukes, Mount Albert, Auckland – Thursday, September 17, 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Mountain Warehouse, St Lukes, Mount Albert, Auckland: Thursday, September 17, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:20 p.m.
Farmers, St Lukes, Mount Albert, Auckland – Thursday, September 17, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:20 p.m.
McDonald’s Tokoroa, Waikato: Friday, September 18, between 9.30 a.m. and 9.44 a.m.
Taupo DeBretts Hot Springs, Taupō: Friday, September 18, from 2:40 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
Taupo Tandem Skydiving, Taupō Airport, Taupo: Saturday, September 19, between 2:00 p.m. and 3:15 p.m.
Z Turangi Service Station, Turangi: Sunday, September 20, between 11 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Metro, Roberts St, Taupō: Sunday, September 20, from 5:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
KFC, Roberts St, Taupō: Sunday, September 20, 5:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
McDonald’s Frankton, Waikato: Sunday, September 20, 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.
