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While “big brother” Australia has been struggling with a major outbreak since early July, New Zealand has had no new cases of coronary heart disease in a long time.
However, when the country opened its borders to foreigners in June, the infection returned, but the country went a full 102 days without a proven domestic infection.
So this trend was also reversed. The strict border control and the isolation of all visitors made the authorities begin to suspect that the virus arrived in the country through imported goods.
In mid-August, restrictions were introduced in the country’s largest city, Auckland, including a 16-day shutdown. With the help of other less intrusive measures, the country has so far managed to prevent the spread of the infection to other cities.
A day before the prime minister makes further decisions on easing national measures, however, an unusual case of infection creates headaches for authorities.
Sick of isolation
The unusual case of infection has been tested in a man who traveled from India to New Zealand on August 27, writes The Guardian.
After being placed under legal quarantine upon arrival in Christchurch, the man traveled home to Auckland.
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A few days after returning home, he developed coronary symptoms and then tested positive for the coronavirus. Members of the man’s household were also quarantined and tested for the virus, in which two more people had the infection.
But how the man became infected seems a mystery to health authorities.
They work from two possible theories, one of which is that the man became infected in India or on the way home, writes The Guardian.
This means that the man has had an unusually long incubation period and only developed symptoms after three weeks. According to the NIPH, the WHO estimates that the incubation period of the virus is five to six days, but notes that it can also vary from zero to 14 days.
Reject the southern hope
The second theory is that the man became infected on his plane trip from Canterbury to Auck and after the period of isolation, which also means that the coronavirus is not alone in this city, as was originally thought.
An analysis of the coronavirus that was detected in the man has also denied that this case of infection has a connection to the ongoing outbreak in Auckland.
Aside from Auckland, only the city of Tokoroa has been diagnosed with the infection, but these cases have been linked to the Auckland outbreak.
This latest opportunity has resulted in infection tracking teams contacting all passengers on domestic flights.
Can be significant
It is not yet known if the man and his family could have managed to infect more people, and with that it may have started a new group of corona infections.
As mentioned, Auckland’s 1.6 million residents went through a 16-day shutdown in August to get through the new outbreak. Last week, the city only had four cases detected, compared to 18 the previous week, indicating that the outbreak is now under control.
The city has recently reopened and, like the rest of the country, the restrictions are now limited to banning the gathering of larger groups.
Infection Warning: – Perfect Storm
On Monday, the government will meet to decide on new measures against the coronavirus.
Last week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she would propose reducing the number of people who can meet in Auckland, in exchange for the rest of the country expanding the same number. This is because the infection was considered to be only in this city, writes The Guardian.
Now it is feared that this softening will not take place anyway, as a consequence of the most recent case of infection.
