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Health officials have released the latest coronavirus numbers [file photo].
There have been six new cases of coronavirus in the last two days.
All the cases, announced on Sunday, are managed in isolation.
Health Ministry officials said in the update that they were closely monitoring the situation in New South Wales, which has reported a growing number of community cases of Covid-19.
Officials were in regular contact with Australian officials, and New South Wales was also implementing new measures for international aircrew, according to the statement.
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In New Zealand, officials have already increased public health and testing measures related to aircrews.
Overseas-based aircrew must remain in a managed isolation facility for the duration of their stopover while in New Zealand.
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The Minister of Response to Covid-19, Chris Hipkins, and the Director General of Health, Ashley Bloomfield, are warning tourists to be prepared in the event of a closure during the holidays.
Of the six new cases, two came from South Africa, two from the Netherlands, one from Australia and one from the United States.
The United States case tested positive around day seven and they were tested as they were a close contact of an existing case in controlled isolation.
This person is now in quarantine at a facility in Christchurch, while the others have been placed in quarantine facilities in Auckland.
On Thursday, the Government announced that free Covid-19 vaccines will be available to the entire New Zealand population from mid-2021.
Two new agreements have been signed for two-dose vaccines: one for 7.6 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which would cover 3.8 million people; and another for 10.72 million doses of a Novovax vaccine, enough for 5.36 million people.
