A security guard at the Grand Millennium managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) facility in Auckland has tested positive for Covid-19 four days after having a sore throat, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says.
Bloomfield, speaking at a previously unscheduled 1pm briefing today, says officials were informed of the new case - an unvaccinated 24-year-old man working as a security guard - last night.
The case has been isolating at home overnight and will be transferred to the Jet Park quarantine facility.
There is no evidence of community spread.
Any potential locations of interest are being looked at but at this time there are none, Dr Bloomfield says.
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Bloomfield also announced 23 new positive Covid cases in managed isolation, 17 of whom had arrived from India.
Ardern says she is focusing on the new cases at the border today. Cases of the virus have been on the rise internationally . with surges particularly in Brazil and India. we are starting to see this global trend mirrored here, she says. We are temporarily suspending entry into New Zealand for travellers from India.
The travel ban will be from 11 April to 28 April, she says, and is expected to be temporary.
It is the first time New Zealand has stopped citizens or residents from returning.