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A second managed isolation worker tested positive for Covid-19 in Christchurch.
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The Health Ministry says they are a close contact of the first health worker to test positive. Source: 1 NEWS
The Health Ministry confirmed the news tonight, saying they are a close contact of the first health worker to test positive yesterday.
As the person works at the facility and is not a returnee, they are treated as a community case.
“Both this case, as the one reported on Monday, came into contact with international sailors in the performance of their duties, including some of the 31 sailors who tested positive for Covid-19 and remain in quarantine,” the Ministry of Health it says in a statement.
“The person is now isolated at home and transfer to a managed isolation facility is being arranged.
“The initial assessment is that there are only two close contacts from this current case, both domestic contacts, both are being tested and both are isolated at home.”
Because of this, the incident is “currently well contained,” says the Ministry.
This means that health officials are not currently looking at an increase in alert levels for Christchurch. The results of the genomic sequencing of yesterday’s case are awaited.
Earlier today, four new cases were announced at New Zealand’s managed isolation and quarantine facilities.
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More than 30 Russian and Ukrainian fishermen in isolation facilities have the virus. Source: 1 NEWS
They include a person who arrived from Kabul via Dubai. That person tested positive around day 12.
Another arrived in New Zealand on October 21 from London via Doha and Brisbane. They also tested positive around day 12.
One of the new cases arrived from the United States on October 29 via Sydney. They tested positive around the third day.
The last new imported case arrived from the United States via Doha and Brisbane. They tested positive around the third day.
The four new imported cases are under quarantine in Auckland.
A pop-up testing center will open tomorrow from 11:30 am to 4:30 pm in the Princess Margaret Hospital parking lot at 95 Cashmere Rd.
“Anyone who is concerned about the recently reported positive cases in Christchurch and thinks it may have been a case contact can attend – no appointment is necessary and testing is free for all,” said the clinical leader of evidence-based testing. community, Dr. Hannah Gordon.
