More details have emerged about two new community cases, Australia extended its travel bubble suspension, and new instructions were given to people staying in managed isolation. Here s a summary of today s Covid-19 developments in New Zealand.
More cases have been linked to the Pullman Hotel MIQ facility, Australia has extended its ban on a travel bubble for Kiwis, and police closed down a community checkpoint, amog today s other events.
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Further details about two new community cases of Covid-19 emerged today, including that they are a father and daughter who stayed at the Pullman Hotel in managed isolation around the same time as a 56-year-old Northland woman who was confirmed to have the virus on Sunday.
The travellers completed quarantine at the Pullman Hotel in Auckland, where the new strain leaked to three people, on January 14 before they flew to Sydney.