Covid 19 coronavirus: a new case in managed isolation – health chief Ashley Bloomfield

There is a new case of Covid-19 in managed isolation, says Chief Health Officer Ashley Bloomfield.

The new case, a boy between the ages of 1 and 4, came to New Zealand from the UK.

There have been no new community cases for six days in a row and the group connected to the Sofrana Surville ship and a marine engineer who worked on it has so far been contained at three people.

Seven more cases have been recovered, making the active cases 68, Bloomfield said today.

2311 pieces of evidence were processed yesterday which, according to Bloomfield, reflects the holiday weekend.

Bloomfield said that since the new community case was discovered, tens of thousands of tests had been conducted in the community and thanked those who work in the testing centers and labs.

There have now been 100 million scans of the Covid Tracer app and the average number of daily scans increased in the past week, which Bloomfield said was “nice.”

But he said New Zealanders should keep scanning because “the more we scan, the safer we’ll be.”

Young New Zealand traveler tests positive in Japan

Health authorities are investigating after a child tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival in Japan, despite testing negative for the virus in New Zealand.

“We believe this is a historical false positive case,” Bloomfield said.

Bloomfield said they were working with their Japanese counterparts to conduct a second test.

While waiting for the results, close relatives in New Zealand were isolated and tested and returned negative results, the local health unit has contacted the child care center the child attended and told them the situation was low. risk and that anyone on the same domestic flight since the family is asked to monitor their health.

That family is in administered isolation in Japan. Serological tests have also been requested.

Hawke’s Bay health physician Dr. Nick Jones said the situation was “low risk.”

The boy was also on an Air New Zealand flight from Napier to Auckland on Oct. 22, Jones said.

Anyone aboard flight NZ5018 should remain vigilant for any Covid-19 symptoms, including a new or worsening cough, fever, and loss of taste or smell, and self-isolate or seek testing if they develop symptoms.

Napier boat and foreign fishermen

The ship that sat across from Napier to isolate has now docked at Napier and the entire crew has tested negative, but none are leaving the dock while in port.

And there is a revised count of the number of international sailors who tested positive at a border hotel in Christchurch and that number is 29.

Bloomfield said health officials had not changed their requirements for the Day 3 and Day 12 tests; they added the tests from day 6 in Christchurch because there was a “mix” and it was an additional measure.

They have not decided how long that group will remain in controlled isolation and waited until test results on Day 12 before making that decision, Bloomfield said.

During the long Work Weekend, health officials reported being satisfied with the number of people who got tested, especially in Auckland.

Nearly 5,400 tests were processed on Saturday and there were just over 3,000 on Sunday.

Today’s update will include the number of tests processed yesterday.

Additionally, the Health Ministry has continued to ask people to continue using the Covid Tracer app to track their movements.

“The more we scan, the safer we will be. The faster we respond, the faster we will stop it.”