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.”

Contained marine group

Bloomfield said that we are not yet at a point where we can be “completely sure” that there is an extension connected to the marine engineering group.

Health officials have contacted all the close and casual contacts of the marine engineer and they all tested negative.

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.

The entire family was tested before leaving New Zealand and tested negative with only the child testing positive upon arrival in Japan. Bloomfield said he understands that the family had been to Japan earlier in the year and one of the theories is that the test detected a historical case.

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.

The boy also went to a daycare center in Napier, which remains open.

However, people connected to it should be vigilant to monitor their health for symptoms, Bloomfield says.

“We think it is very low risk.”

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.

Health officials are reviewing whether workers entering New Zealand and then directly onto a ship must also complete the 14 days of isolation and are providing advice to the Minister of Health this week, Bloomfield said.

His view was that there was a common interest for New Zealand and the ships that the replacement crew is Covid free when they join the ship.

Victory Lock

Bloomfield said Victoria’s closure “once again” showed the effectiveness of the rigid arrangements and emphasized the importance of “doing it sooner rather than later” and was encouraged that they managed to overcome the outbreak.

He said it was a reminder that the pandemic was “in full swing” in other countries and showed that we had to be “incredibly vigilant” here.

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.”