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A weak positive Covid-19 test was detected on Friday in a routine sewage sampling in Papatoetoe, south Auckland, last week, the Health Ministry revealed.
It comes as he announced two new cases of Covid-19 in managed isolation on Tuesday, but no new cases in the community.
On Monday, there were no new cases in the community, but seven in managed isolation, including one person who traveled from the Netherlands, two from India and one from Pakistan.
On Tuesday morning, some experts called for the removal of mandatory controlled isolation for kiwis returning from Australia.
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Rodney Jones, a Covid-19 advisor, analyst and economist, said there was no reason for it to continue when the risk of community transmission was low on both sides of the Tasman.
“This is expensive, it is risky for them, it immobilizes MIQ’s resources. It has gone on too long, it should stop … Let’s get New Zealanders moving, ”said Jones, who is also a director at the advisory firm Wigram Capital.
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There have been no community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand for 15 days.
Travelers from Australia occupy about 40 percent of New Zealand’s managed isolation and quarantine capacity and the wait for available spots is long.
Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker supported the call to remove the requirement, but cautioned that MIQ spaces released by one more would likely be crowded with high-risk travelers.
He told TVNZ Breakfast More efforts were needed to reduce the number of infected people arriving in New Zealand from the rest of the world.
There have been no imported cases from Australia for a few months, and the risk of infection through the trench is “incredibly low” most of the time, just like in New Zealand, Baker said.
