COVID-19: New Zealand records first local virus case in months

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BREAKING: New Zealand has reported its first community case of COVID-19 in two months, after a local woman tested positive after she had already left hotel quarantine.

“That’s laid a very good foundation for our contact tracing team to do what they need to do now and that work is well underway, so I want to acknowledge that.”

“We are working under the assumptions that this is a positive case and that it is a more transmissible variant, either the one identified first in South Africa or the UK, or potentially Brazil — or another transmissible variant,” he said.test result in a person who recently travelled from overseas and completed their stay in managed isolation in a facility in Auckland.The woman had been in the Netherlands and Spain before she flew to New Zealand from London.

The woman left hotel quarantine on January 13 and went to her home, south of Whangarei, but developed mild symptoms on January 15.By then she had visited around 30 places around southern Northland, including cafes, restaurants and tourist sites. Extra testing stations have been set up in the Northland area and people who have been notified via New Zealand’s COVID-19 tracing app are urged to get tested.

 

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Quick lock down all NZ for 2 months, close all overseas travel, panic.

Quick MarkMcGowanMP best you lock all borders down to everyone! And Palachuck will enforce mask wearing in your own home whilst sleeping

But we were led to believe Ardern had eliminated this virus? Maybe, just maybe she’s only human after all.

Chin up Auntie. You're still doing better than most of us.

Oh. No.

..don't tell Mark McGowan!

The people who work at are morons.

care factor zero

Jacinda being a labor leader will lock them all down again

OMG😟😟

Why are you showing Ardern. She’s no where to be seen, she’s still holidaying somewhere.

But NZ eradicated it didn't they.........😂

Who cares

Still shedding the virus, she’s not contagious

Be safe thatbigfattart

Just shows u never know. Presume they test before giving permission to leave hotels

CoronaUpdateBot One case in 2 months that's crazy. We are having 35k a day in the UK

Is that the woman? Very equine.

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