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Defense Forces personnel serving in isolation and quarantine facilities in Auckland have a strict curfew and a temporary ban on drinking alcohol has been imposed.
The measures came after a handful of new community Covid-19 cases linked to a soldier working at Jet Park’s managed isolation facility.
Meanwhile, on Friday morning, Health Minister Chris Hipkins said that the case of a store worker in central Auckland, with no obvious connections to the border, is likely related to what is now called the November group of the New Zealand Defense Force.
The cases, which involved the transmission in an in-person workshop of ‘Army values’ between a civilian from Wellington and the soldier working at Jet Park along with the Covid cases, have put senior Defense Forces commanders and officers. high range under pressure.
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Approximately 250 military personnel working in Auckland’s various managed isolation and quarantine facilities are located at the Waldorf St Martins apartment hotel, off Symonds St in the city center.
Uniformed service member Case A, who was unknowingly carrying Covid, attended the workshop in an apartment block conference room on Wednesday, November 4.
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At the meeting, the virus was transmitted to a civilian from the Defense Forces, Case B, who had flown in from Wellington to help run the workshop.
The civilian flew back to Wellington on Thursday and had lunch the next day at Little Penang on the Terrace.
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Two NZDF staff members outside the Grand Millennium after the evacuation of isolated guests during a fire alarm. Vincent St’s apartment, where a mysterious community Covid case lives, is next door, but the Health Ministry says she already had symptoms at the time of the alarm.
A third NZDF staff member, Case C, caught Covid at that lunch.
It’s unclear how the store clerk, who lives in an apartment on Vincent St next to a managed isolation facility, may have contracted the virus. The ministry said she was already symptomatic when a fire alarm late Monday forced an evacuation of the facility.
BOOZE BAN AND CURFEW FOR ISOLATION TROOPS
On Friday, when news of the positive result of Case A broke, several of his close contacts were immediately isolated as a precaution, a Defense Force spokeswoman said.
At the same time, soldiers in the military’s accommodation in central Auckland at the Waldorf were subjected to an alcohol ban “as a temporary control measure to assist in the immediate response to the return of a positive COVID-19 test. “, said.
It is understood that Defense Forces personnel who previously stayed there were free to enjoy the city’s hospitality offerings while off duty.
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A Defense Forces medical specialist inside the Waldorf on Monday night.
“The immediate ban on alcohol was imposed to ensure that the NZDF had the maximum number of staff rested and ready to act. [managed isolation and quarantine facility] obligations in Auckland, on short notice, ”said the spokeswoman.
The alcohol ban, which applies to all members of the Auckland security group, was temporary and had been lifted on Thursday night, the spokeswoman said.
The 10 p.m. curfew, which covers enlisted personnel, officers and civilians, was imposed to ensure they had a good rest to support the government’s response to Covid-19, he said.
“Healthy sleep routines are a vital enabler ensuring that our people can consistently perform their important duties to a high standard,” he added.
