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• Source:  1 NEWS Two of the 1000 people who arrived in New Zealand on direct flights from Perth are being treated as casual contacts of a Covid-19 case and are in isolation after being tested.  Baggage claim at airport Source: istock.com Perth and the outer-metropolitan area of Peel have also been placed in a three-day Covid-19 lockdown, beginning at 12.01am on Saturday, April 24 (Western Australia time). Yesterday, 1000 passen...

• Source:  AAP Western Australia has recorded a fresh community case of Covid-19, bringing the number of known local infections linked to the Perth Mercure Hotel to three. Perth, Australia (file photo). Source: istock.com The city's initial locally acquired cases which triggered a snap three-day lockdown, were caused by virus spread in the corridors of the hotel, infecting a man staying adjacent to an infected couple who returned fr...

• Source:  1 NEWS There are no new cases of Covid-19 in the community, but two new cases in managed isolation, the Ministry of Health reports.   Covid-19 coronavirus (file picture). Source: istock.com The risk to New Zealand remains low, the Ministry of Health said. This brings the total number of active cases in New Zealand up to 33. While the number of confirmed cases since the beginning of the pandemic is now 2245.  Yesterday,...

• Source:  1 NEWS Perth, in Western Australia. Source: istock.com "New Zealand health officials are in contact with their Australian counterparts and are completing a risk assessment," Minister for Covid-19 Response Chris Hipkins said. Hipkins said the pause was "set out in our Trans-Tasman bubble protocols". "A flight due to leave Perth for New Zealand later tonight will not take off following Western Australia’s decision, and ...

Plane interior. Source: istock.com The case's household contacts have so far tested negative for the coronavirus, but three locations of interest have been identified - a mall food court, a hardware store and an ice cream parlour. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern yesterday said the worker had been vaccinated for the virus, but reminded Kiwis the jab was 95 per cent effective at reducing symptomatic onset of Covid-19 so it’s still possible to get the illness.  There were no other new Covid-19 cases in managed isolation or in the community y...