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Fewer than 20 people received an alert about being in the same location as Auckland’s new community coronavirus case, prompting the Health Ministry to reinforce the importance of using the tracking app.
It occurs when the quarantine worker remains the only new case of Covid-19, with a landmark case also adding to the total number of New Zealand cases.
A total of 25 close contacts of the Jet Park quarantine hotel worker have been identified, isolated and tested. So far, six have tested negative, the ministry said on Saturday.
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The worker was tested for Covid-19 on Thursday and tested positive.
The worker, who developed symptoms on November 5, was examined that day and tested positive.
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They visited two central Auckland businesses while infectious, Mezze Bar and Liquor.com, in central Auckland.
The ministry said that fewer than 20 people who had been in the same place as the infected person received an alert from the tracking app, reinforcing the need for people to use it.
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The Mezze Bar in Durham St East closed on Friday night for a deep cleaning after a person with Covid visited it on Thursday.
“This case once again reinforces the importance of everyone who can use the application to keep a record of where they have been; it allows our contact tracing team to quickly notify you if you may have been exposed to this virus and allows you to take immediate action to protect yourself, your whānau and your community. “
The worker has now been transferred to the quarantine facility for isolation.
“A review of the case’s movements and its contacts is underway; the case has provided a very detailed description of its movements that has reported a rapid contact tracing response.
The ministry thanked the two companies for closing down for a deep clean and for their cooperation.
A test station was set up at the Jet Park Hotel on Saturday morning to test all staff. This is in addition to the regular tests that workers already have in managed isolation facilities.
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A new test station has been established at the Jet Park MIQ Managed Isolation and Quarantine facility in South Auckland.
The ministry said the landmark case was a returnee who arrived in the country on October 5 from London via Singapore.
When they arrived at their managed isolation facility, they told staff they had a confirmed positive test in London on September 19.
They were retested and tested positive on October 5 with a high CT value, indicating an old infection.
“We are awaiting confirmation that the case has been recorded in UK totals, and until then we are classifying it as a landmark case that will be reported in our case numbers.”
Three previous Covid-19 cases are now considered recovered, bringing the total number of active cases in New Zealand to 43.
The total number of confirmed cases now stands at 1,620.
