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STACY SQUIRES / Stuff
Covid managed the isolation facilities at the Sudima Hotel, near Christchurch Airport, where the fishermen have stayed.
There is a new community case of Covid-19 in Christchurch, confirmed the Ministry of Health.
The case, reported to the ministry Monday afternoon, is a staff member working at a facility in Christchurch where international sailors are in isolation and administered quarantine, which is understood to be the Sudima Hotel, near the Christchurch airport.
In a statement Monday night, the ministry said the person was tested as part of routine tests for staff at the facility and tested negative on Thursday, October 29.
On Saturday they developed symptoms. They looked for a new test on Sunday and received a positive result on Monday.
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The person is now in isolation at home and reports that he has taken care to isolate himself as soon as he developed symptoms, according to the statement.
The first of the international sailors, who were due to complete their administered isolation on Tuesday morning, will have their administered isolation extended for at least 24 hours as an additional precautionary measure.
CONTROL POINT / RNZ
Russian fishing crews believed to be at the center of a covid outbreak at an isolation facility tested negative and spent fourteen days isolated in their own homes before boarding a charter flight to New Zealand.
Those precautionary measures have included additional tests, up to four tests for some people, and an already prolonged stay in controlled isolation.
Full details of the new case and actions taken in response will be provided at the press conference at 1:00 pm Tuesday, according to the statement.
