Covid 19 coronavirus: Air New Zealand crew member tests positive for Covid, Auckland Airport Countdown supermarket a location of interest
7 Mar, 2021 04:53 PM
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The Air NZ crew member arrived in Auckland on a flight from Tokyo on February 28 - they tested negative after a test that day, but positive after a routine test yesterday. Photo / Brett Phibbs
NZ Herald
An Air New Zealand crew member has tested positive for Covid-19 - and the Auckland Airport Countdown supermarket has been identified as an early location of interest .
The crew member arrived in Auckland on a flight from Tokyo on February 28 - they tested negative after a Covid test that day, but positive after a routine test on Saturday.
People wearing masks in central Auckland. (File photo)
Photo: RNZ / Liu Chen
Some are wondering if Aucklanders have become a little too relaxed in the face of the ever-present threat of Covid-19.
While the rest of the country is at alert level 1, for at least this week Auckland is at alert level 2 meaning people can go to workplaces and schools are open but there are limits on gathering sizes and no mingling at restaurants and bars.
After seven days of no community cases linked to the Papatoetoe cluster, it was an aircrew member who broke the streak and was recorded as the country s first case outside of managed isolation in that time.