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A new case of managed isolation was also reported today, the ministry said in a statement this afternoon.
The cabin crew member tested positive in Shanghai on Sunday and was retested when he returned to New Zealand yesterday.
“Results of genome sequencing show that the lineage of this infection is not associated with any New Zealand cases that have been sequenced, indicating that international exposure is more likely,” the ministry said.
The crew returned from Shanghai on a cargo-only flight yesterday morning. The entire crew wore personal protective equipment and is being monitored, isolated and tested.
“More staff member’s close contact test samples have been processed rapidly and nine results have been returned, all of which are negative.”
The ministry said that because the case was first reported in China, it is officially a case in China, not New Zealand.
“So while we report on it, it does not enter our official Covid-19 case count.”
The ministry said it continued to investigate how this most recent confirmed case was contracted.
“Although the source of the infection is still unknown, we continue to take precautionary measures in New Zealand.”
The Auckland Regional Public Health Service continues to identify any places of interest the case has visited and any associated close contacts. To date, twelve close contacts have been identified.
* The ministry would like to correct yesterday’s statement. At the time, there were 10 close contacts in self-isolation or managed isolation. Another possible close contact was being investigated. “
The Air New Zealand crew member visited six stores on Friday and Saturday of last week.
Among them was Animates Manukau, where buyers who were there at the same time were told to get tested and isolate themselves until negative.
It said fewer than 10 people scanned the business in the 50-minute window when the Air NZ employee was in the store.
The ministry said it sent six push notifications through the NZ COVID Tracer app for locations of interest that were visited by the Air New Zealand worker.
“At 10 a.m. today, 96 users of the application have received contact alerts for these notifications. This case reinforces the importance of our shared vigilance against Covid-19 and the measures we must all take to stop the spread of the virus. “.
A NEW CASE IN MANAGED ISOLATION
The Health Ministry said there is a new Covid-19 case to report today in managed isolation in New Zealand and there are no new community cases.
The latest case arrived on November 14 from the United Kingdom via the United Arab Emirates and Malaysia. They tested positive for routine tests around day 12 of their stay in controlled isolation and were transferred to the Auckland quarantine facility.
There are 60 active cases of the coronavirus in New Zealand and the total number of confirmed cases is 1,684.
Yesterday, labs completed 9,083 tests for Covid-19, bringing the total number of tests completed to date to 1,252,601.
