Press Release – Ministry of Health There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in the community in New Zealand today. There are no new cases to report in recent returnees in managed isolation facilities since the Ministrys last update yesterday. The seven-day rolling average of new …
There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in the community in New Zealand today.
There are no new cases to report in recent returnees in managed isolation facilities since the Ministry’s last update yesterday.
The seven-day rolling average of new cases detected at the border is one. The total number of active cases in New Zealand today is 21. Our total number of confirmed cases is 2,314.
RNZ
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Less than 10 students were identified as requiring a follow-up by health officials as they had closer or longer contact with the student. Public health officials have offered further testing to these students to see if they have a TB infection “Symptoms of TB to watch out for include a persistent cough for more than three weeks, sometimes with blood in the sputum, unexplained weight loss, sweating - especially at night - unexplained fever, feeling tired all the time and shortness of breath,” Perera said.
An X-ray shows a cavity in the right lung, plus fibrosis and interstitial and patchy infiltrate in both lungs due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection (file photo).
08/05/2021 Health officials are working to determine the infected individual s close contacts. Photo credit: Getty Images
There is a risk of exposure to tuberculosis (TB) for some Auckland University students after an infectious student visited the campus.
The Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) is contacting those who attended the same class as the TB infected pupil.
An email from ARPHS was sent to students who attended MEDSCI203, MEDSCI205 and CHEM390, identifying them as the classes visited by the infected person.
Medical officer of Health Dr Shanika Perera says ARPHS was recently notified of a student with infectious TB, and is now following a well-established process for managing the risk of further infection.