vimarsana.com

Latest Breaking News On - Ministry of health new zealand - Page 7 : vimarsana.com

One airline crew member tests COVID-19 positive in New Zealand

One airline crew member tests COVID-19 positive in New Zealand An airline crew member was tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, said the New Zealand Ministry of Health in a statement. The case was deemed as a border-related case identified as part of routine surveillance testing, said the ministry. The case is an airline crew member who returned to New Zealand from Japan on February 28, and returned a negative COVID-19 result. The person then subsequently returned a positive test result on Sunday after a swab taken on Saturday as part of a routine surveillance testing, read the ministry statement. Initial assessment of the case stated that there was a low risk to the general public due to Auckland being at Alert Level Three for the period in which this case was back in New Zealand and was either in isolation or at home for most of that time, it said.

Ponant forced to cancel New Zealand restart

After Le Lapérouse had sailed more than 3,600 nautical miles, Ponant was told the visa applications for the hotel staff had been denied Ponant’s plans to operate a domestic cruise programme in New Zealand have been dashed by the country’s immigration authorities. As previously reported, Asia Pacific Chairman Sarina Bratton has been in urgent negotiations after its small expedition ship Le Lapérouse was turned back when 61 crew members who were deemed ‘non-essential’ were denied visas. Only 29 officers and engineers were granted visas as ‘critical’ workers. Immigration New Zealand said the ship should not have sailed from Jakarta for New Zealand before all the paperwork had been processed.

© 2024 Vimarsana

vimarsana © 2020. All Rights Reserved.