Covid 19 coronavirus: second cricket team captured by CCTV when players test positive

It has been nine days since a case of Covid-19 spread through community broadcasting was reported, while the Pakistan cricket team was caught breaking managed isolation rules.

Six cricketers tested positive for the virus yesterday, while some members of the team were caught on CCTV breaking the rules on the first day in administered isolation in Christchurch.

The government has issued a “final warning” to the entire team for violating isolation rules, despite “clear, consistent and detailed communication” from health officials.

They are the second cricket team to breach the requirements, with the West Indies team also in trouble earlier in the month for breaking quarantine rules.

The development has called into question the team’s preparation for their upcoming Twenty20 series and Test against the Black Caps.

The last case of the virus in New Zealand reported due to community transmission was on November 18, and health officials say the Air New Zealand staff member, who tested positive for the virus in China, is likely contracting it. abroad.

Genome sequencing has not linked the case to any in New Zealand, and nine close contact tests were negative.

The case is not counted in New Zealand’s official figures, as it was first reported in China.

Meanwhile, there has been more positive news on the vaccine front.

New Zealanders will have free access to a Covid-19 vaccine once it is available, Governor General Dame Patsy Reddy said yesterday in a speech as part of the reopening of Parliament.

He said the government will seek opportunities to travel more freely with nations that are successfully handling the virus, with talks underway on travel bubbles with the Cook Islands, Niue and Australia.

However, New Zealanders hoping for a Gold Coast holiday were soon frustrated this week, and Queensland Prime Minister Annastacia Palaszczuk told Australian media that opening international borders would be “catastrophic”.

While the prime minister announced that the Sunshine State border would open with Victoria on December 1, she insisted that it was still too early to commit to a transtasman bubble.

In the run-up to Christmas, the age-old childhood tradition of a photo sitting on Santa’s lap has been banned from Auckland’s Smith & Caughey’s Enchanted Forest department store.

Instead, the children will have to sit next to St. Nick.

Prior to the confirmation of the six cricketers who tested positive, the most recent case of the virus in New Zealand, reported yesterday, arrived on November 14 from the United Kingdom, via the United Arab Emirates and Malaysia.

They tested positive around day 12 of their administered isolation, bringing the total number of active cases in the country to 60.