Covid 19 coronavirus: New location of interest for Auckland cases
29 Jan, 2021 06:40 AM
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NZ Herald
A new location has today been added to the list of places visited by the latest two Covid community cases in Auckland.
It is the ASB Westfield Albany Branch, the Ministry of Health says.
Anyone who was at the branch between 9.16am and 9.33am on January 16 should stay home and get tested as soon as possible, after calling Healthline.
There was also update to the date for the visit to the ASB Wairau Valley branch, which occurred between 2.06 pm and 2.09 pm on January 20. Anyone who visited this branch at the same time should also stay home and get tested, after calling Healthline.
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.
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5:55pm - Several new locations of interest have been added to the Ministry of Health website.
The new additions are marked with an asterisk below. Photo credit: Ministry of Health
5:30pm - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins are pushing back on National s call for a full managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) review after three returnees caught the virus during their stay at a facility.
Over the weekend the Government confirmed that a Northland woman had tested positive after completing 14 days at Auckland s Pullman Hotel MIQ facility. On Wednesday, two family members who stayed at the same facility also tested positive.
A new map shows the locations of interest for the two new Auckland COVID-19 cases.
The two people completed their managed isolation in the same facility and at the same time as the Northland case.
On Wednesday night, The Ministry of Health released a list of locations visited by the pair including several shops in Orewa and the North Shore.
The ministry is asking anyone who visited one of the locations of interest during the same time period, or anyone in Auckland with symptoms, to call Healthline, self isolate and get tested. It s important the right people isolate and get tested, so we don t overwhelm testing centres, Director-General of Health Dr Bloomfield said.