There are no cases of COVID-19 to report in the community in New Zealand today. There is 1 case to report related to recent returnees in managed isolation facilities since the Ministry’s last update yesterday. One previously reported case has now .
Australian traveller who visited Wellington
So far, 2,213 people have been identified as contacts of the Australian person who visited Wellington last weekend.
1,420 of those contacts need to isolate until a negative test result at day 5, while the remainder need to isolate for 14 days and have at least 2 tests.
Of those 2,213 total contacts, 1,441 have returned a negative result, 764 are either being followed up or are awaiting a test result and the remaining 8 have been excluded from testing.
There were 58 passengers on the Qantas flight QF163 which the Australian passenger travelled on to Wellington last Saturday. All have been advised to self-isolate. Of those 58 passengers, 35 have had a negative test result, and the remainder are expected to have results in the next couple of days.
Locations of interest
Qantas Flight QF163 Sydney to Wellington, Rydges Hotel, Unichem Wellington Central Pharmacy, Te Papa Tongarewa - general, Te Papa Tongarewa - Exhibition Surrealist Art: Masterpieces from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Jack Hackett s Bar, Floridita s Restaurant, Highwater Eatery, Pickle & Pie café, The Weta Cave shop, The Lido café, Unity Books, Countdown Cable Lane, One Red Dog, the toilets at 4 Kings Bar, Prince Barbers and Wellington Airport.
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4:50pm - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern s trade mission to Australia has been deferred due to COVID-19.
Ardern was supposed to lead a trade and promotional delegation to Australia in early July. It was the first since the pandemic hit and will now be later this year.