Today two new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in New Zealand, adding a fitness that works at the Jet Park Quarantine Center in Auckland.
There’s no press convention today.
In a statement, the Department of Health said one of two new cases is a returne to New Zealand in controlled isolation and the time the fitness worker.
They are hired to paint only at Auckland quarantine facilities and to paint elsewhere.
The ministry said five of the contacts in the fitness worker’s family circle are remote at home and are being evaluated today.
“This case is still under investigation to determine whether the infection came from the network or from the quarantine facility, no apparent link to other instances on the network has been established at this level. “
The case was discovered from weekly regime checks. They were reviewed last week and returned negative control before this week’s positive result.
The effects of genomic tests are expected tomorrow.
Air Commodus Darryn Webb, guilty of isolation and quarantine management, said work is being done to review personnel records, magnetic card knowledge and CCTV photographs to map the person’s movements within the facility over the past few days.
“The Auckland Jet Park hotel quarantine facility is a strictly targeted environment and, like all controlled isolation and quarantine facilities, operates with strict infection protocols at all times. “
The branch said it was the first time a Jet Park staff member had tested positive since appointing a quarantine facility more than five months ago. The assets controlled another 2532 people and their close contacts.
“The Auckland Regional Public Health Service is working intensively with the quarantine facility to assist in the verification of protocols and procedures to ensure the protection of others it serves.
“We know that running in the quarantine facility has a greater threat of infection than the general population, reinforcing the importance of the protections that already exist. “
Other facility staff members who are close contacts have been removed from their duties and a thorough cleaning of the facility staff spaces has been completed. The entire body of quarantine facility workers will be rechecked during next 48 hours and a cell phone Checking unit will be on site today to assist with the same check service as always.
The repatriate in controlled isolation arrived from South Africa on 8 September and remains quarantined in Canterbury.
There are 3 other people in the hospital with coronavirus: one is remote in an Auckland Hospital ward and two are in intensive care at North Shore and Waikato hospitals.
The number of active instances has fallen to 97, with thirteen more instances recovered today. The total number of Covid-19 instances in New Zealand is now 1446.
The country’s laboratories processed 7211 yesterday.
Two new cases and a new case were reported on Friday; All 3 were related to the mountain. Organization of roskill Evangelical Fellowship mourning events.
Today’s figures come on the eve of the government’s announcement of the country’s alert levels.
Earlier this month, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern extended the alert grades in New Zealand and said the cabinet would review on September 14.
If a replacement is performed tomorrow in alert grades, it will be performed at 11:59 p. m. Wednesday, September 16, Ardern said.
The Auckland domain is lately at alert point 2. 5, which will expire this week. Currently, Auckland residents can travel outside the region, social gatherings are limited to a maximum of 10 people, 50 of whom are legal for funerals and legal tangihanga The rest of the country is at point 2.
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