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5:55pm - Several new locations of interest have been added to the Ministry of Health website.
The new additions are marked with an asterisk below. Photo credit: Ministry of Health
5:30pm - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins are pushing back on National s call for a full managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) review after three returnees caught the virus during their stay at a facility.
Over the weekend the Government confirmed that a Northland woman had tested positive after completing 14 days at Auckland s Pullman Hotel MIQ facility. On Wednesday, two family members who stayed at the same facility also tested positive.
There are no new cases in the community to
report.
The two people who tested positive in Auckland
remain in the Auckland quarantine facility.
These two
people have ten close contacts, who have all been tested and
returned negative test results. Yesterday we reported there
were 11 close contacts – on further investigation one
person has now been deemed not a contact.
As we have
reported, the person who tested positive in Northland is now
recovered. The 11 close contacts of this person have
returned negative tests, and there are no further exposure
events. The close contacts will start to be released once
Whole genome sequencing carried out overnight has confirmed the two border-related COVID-19 cases that were reported out of cycle last night are observed to be variant 20C/501Y.V2 (lineage B.1.351), first identified in South Africa. From the information .