However, by the end of Friday, she had still not heard anything.
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Multiple Ōrewa residents who were tested for Covid-19 at the pop-up centre at Victor Eaves Park on Thursday did not get their results sent to them. The woman, who works in banking but did not want to be named, said while she was lucky to be able to work from home, she was anxious she would have to miss out on her family’s long Auckland Anniversary weekend plans with friends, including BBQs and a trip to the zoo. “It seemed everyone was getting them [test results] overnight. I thought ‘surely I’ll wake up on Saturday morning and have a text,’ but alas, no.”
Six new cases have been detected in MIQ, but there are no new community cases.
A border worker has been sacked after a 20-minute encounter in a guest s room at an Auckland MIQ hotel on January 7.
The Northland community case has recovered.
No changes will be made to alert levels as there is no evidence of community transmission. This means Kiwis long weekend plans can go ahead unaffected.
Two people who completed their MIQ in the Pullman Hotel - the same facility as the Northland case - and at the same time as that case are now being treated as confirmed COVID-19 infections. They are a father and daughter.
Press Release – Northern Region Health Coordination Centre
Testing demand has significantly reduced at community testing centres (CTCs) across Auckland this afternoon.
Testing numbers have been high through the week; as at 5pm today there had been over 16,000 community tests from metro Auckland registered at the city’s laboratories since Sunday night.
Community testing in metro Auckland at CTCs, GPs and urgent care clinics as at 5pm 29 January (excludes MIQF and Border testing)
Testing will be available at community testing centres and at general practices and urgent care clinics throughout the holiday weekend.
To find testing locations in metro Auckland, visitwww.arphs.health.nz/covid19test.