Covid 19 coronavirus: Incorrect test information expelled by the government four days before correction of PM Jacinda Ardern

The government released incorrect information requesting everyone in south and west Auckland to undergo a Covid-19 test four days before the prime minister corrected it.

It was also published and later removed on the website of the Ministry of Health.

On Wednesday night, the government’s official Covid-19 media unit called for massive testing in the region.

“For the next week, even if you have no symptoms, get tested if you are in the south or west of Auckland or if you are at increased risk of health problems if you contract Covid-19.”

That message was repeated on Friday, this time on the website of the Ministry of Health.

“If you are in the south or west of Auckland, or if you have a higher risk of health problems if you contracted Covid-19, even if you have no symptoms, get tested,” according to a website archive.

It has since been removed from the ministry’s website.

This information boost coincided with a notable increase in the number of tests and was released a day after Health Minister Chris Hipkins announced that the government would test 70,000 people in a week.

It was not before Sunday afternoon, four days after the information was first released, that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the message was wrong.

“We are not asking everyone in the west and south of Auckland to get tested.”

She was talking specifically about the Facebook and Instagram posts posted by Unite Against Covid-19, the government’s official Covid communications unit.

He said he learned that the government was releasing this information at 10 a.m. on Sunday.

Ardern said he made it clear that the situation needed to be fixed, but that the post was active until about 1.30pm that afternoon.

Speaking to Newstalk ZB this morning, Ardern said she was “angry, frustrated” by the saga.

“It was a mistake, I fully admit it,” he said before adding that he regretted the anxiety it might have caused.

The initial email asking all South and West Auckland residents to get tested came just a day after Health Minister Chris Hipkins announced that officials would run 70,000 tests for Covid-19. in a week.

At the same press conference, he announced the ambitious testing regimen, said he had been receiving reports from DHBs about “testing fatigue.”

“My message to New Zealand is please do your part and give it a try.”

He said asymptomatic people would be tested in South Auckland, but did not ask everyone to come in for the test.

In the two days before the government’s announcement of 70,000 blitzkriegs, there were 7,000 and 4,500 tests respectively.

There were 4,300 on August 25, the day of Hipkins’ announcement.

The next day, Wednesday’s email urging residents of southern and western Aucklanders to get tested, there were 8,500 tests.

In the next four days, officials reported 9,000, 11,000, 10,000, and 10,000 Covid-19 tests.