Covid 19 Coronavirus: The Latest In Pakistan’s Traveling Cricket Group

As a new group emerges within a Christchurch managed isolation facility for the second time in two months, we await news if more athletes have tested positive for Covid-19.

The Ministry of Health should send a statement no later than 1:00 p.m. today.

Yesterday there were 69 active cases in New Zealand.

Seven of the 53 Pakistani cricket squads on tour had tested positive for the infection.

The last time an infection took hold of a group in controlled isolation was in October, when 31 foreign sailors fell ill during their 14-day quarantine period before leaving for shore to work on boats.

Six team members tested positive on day one and one tested positive on day three.

The team sparked outrage and a stern warning from the country’s top health official after it was revealed that some members of the squad were caught in security footage violating strict isolation rules at their facility, including socializing in hotel hallways. and not wearing masks.

As a result, the CEO of Health, Dr. Ashley Bloomfield, put tourists on “final notice.”

Blood tests confirmed that two of the original six cases are historical and non-infectious.

All 53 members of the isolation squad administered in Christchurch have undergone serological testing, in addition to routine PCR testing for the virus, which has identified 11 others as having prior “historical” infections.

Yesterday there was a new case in managed isolation, a person who returned from Jordon on November 26 and is now in a quarantine facility in Auckland.

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister today announced that a vaccine would likely be available in a limited supply in March at the earliest.

Jacinda Ardern told Mike Hosking of Newstalk ZB that she would reveal a more detailed rollout of the vaccination plan late next month, when there is more certainty about the supply.