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Two new community cases revealed today are related to a returnee who tested positive for Covid-19 after completing the 14-day administered isolation process, and one is a student at an Auckland school.
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Today there are four new cases of coronavirus in New Zealand: two community and two imported, revealed the Ministry of Health.
Today there was no press conference.
In a statement issued an hour later than usual, the Health Ministry said that the new community case reported yesterday was a returnee who had undergone controlled isolation, but tested positive after being released to return home.
“The two community cases are domestic contacts of the case reported yesterday, which is not connected to the Auckland cluster.
“The case reported yesterday is a recent returnee who arrived in New Zealand from India on August 27 and completed managed isolation, returning two negative tests at the Christchurch facility, before returning home to Auckland on August 11. of September”.
Yesterday’s case was tested again after developing symptoms five days later and returned positive.
“He and his family contacts were self-isolating when he developed the symptoms. All were transferred to the Auckland quarantine facility on September 18, when the first case tested positive.”
The Health Ministry said all identified close contacts have been isolated and examined.
One of two new community cases announced today at the man’s home is a student at Three Kings School in central Auckland, says the Auckland Regional Public Health Service.
It says the student has not attended school while infected and the risk to other students or staff is low.
There is only one close contact in the school community, someone who was not exposed at school, and is currently in self-isolation.
The school remains open and safe to attend.
The Health Ministry says the source of the infection was still under investigation, the genome sequencing was consistent with two confirmed cases from the same flight from India that landed on August 27.
“It is possible that this case was infected during that flight and had an extremely long incubation period – there is evidence that on rare occasions the incubation period can be up to 24 days. This person developed symptoms 21 days after your arrival in New Zealand If this is the case, you are well outside the standard incubation period for the virus.
“The vast majority of people who are infected with Covid-19 will become ill within 14 days. Having returnees in controlled isolation for 14 days is still the gold standard, and this is also the approach taken by other countries. Our own The model confirms that 14 days spent in isolation administered with two tests leaves a very low risk that someone will leave isolation administered with Covid-19. “
The Ministry said another possibility was that the case could have been infected during the flight from Christchurch to Auckland. He said other passengers on that flight were being contacted and evaluated as a precaution.
“This case is another example of the complicated nature of the virus and a reminder that anyone who has been through a managed isolation facility should be very health conscious. Anyone who develops symptoms of Covid-19 should get tested and isolating herself, waiting for results like these people did. “
The ministry said the two imported cases included a man in his 30s who arrived from London via Dubai on September 16, and a man in his 20s who arrived from India via Singapore on September 12.
Three people are hospitalized with Covid-19, one in Auckland City, Middlemore and North Shore hospitals. None of them are in ICU.
The total number of active cases is 71; 36 imported cases and 35 community cases. The total number of confirmed cases for New Zealand is now 1,464.
New Zealand laboratories processed 5,417 tests yesterday.
Yesterday there were two new cases, one community and one imported, after four days without new community cases.
The government is due to announce tomorrow whether alert levels will change in New Zealand this week.
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