Covid-19: Three new MIQ cases, 21 Kiwis visited Aussie exposure sites
Are there any new cases of Covid-19 today? (Photo / Supplied)
Covid-19: Three new MIQ cases, 21 Kiwis visited Aussie exposure sites Mon, 19 Jul 2021, 1:01PM
Twenty-one New Zealanders visited Covid exposure sites while they travelled in Australia - and are all now isolating while they await confirmation of negative tests, says the Ministry of Health.
So far, 17 have had initial tests and returned negative results and the remaining four contacts are awaiting test results. Of the 21, three are isolating for 14 days and the remainder are isolating until they return a negative day five test, said the Ministry in its latest Covid update.
Two crew members on container ship in Bluff test positive for Covid-19 Mon, 19 Jul 2021, 4:50PM
The Mattina container ship, Marshall-islands flagged, has two cases of Covid-19 onboard. The ship is currently in quarantine in Bluff. Photo / Tony des Landes
Two crew members on container ship in Bluff test positive for Covid-19
Two crew members onboard a container ship in Bluff have tested positive for Covid-19.
The Marshall-island flagged Mattina ship came into port last night and all 21 crew members were tested this morning.
The ship came into port in Bluff last night where all 21 crew were tested, the Ministry of Health said. Rapid tests were ordered for the two symptomatic cases, while the results for the remaining crew members are due back tonight.
The ship is carrying some mariners who have Covid19 and will be taken to an MIQ facility. The Sudima Hotel has a dedicated quarantine wing with 28 rooms. The Spanish-flagged ship was not fishing in New Zealand waters and had been heading to Taranaki to change crews. The current crew had Covid tests on Tuesday after 15 reported recent flu-like symptoms. The vessel started to head from Taranaki to Christchurch on Thursday and the Ministry of Health later confirmed 16 crew members had Covid-19.
JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON/Stuff On Friday, the ministry confirmed three crew members had the highly infectious Delta variant. Health officials said after discovering the virus had spread quickly through the foreign ship, “we felt it was the best course of action to take to offer managed isolation and quarantine [spots]”.
Press Release – Ministry of Health
There are no cases of COVID-19 to report in the community in New Zealand today.
There are 10 cases of COVID-19 to report in recent returnees in managed isolation facilities since the Ministry’s last update on Friday. This includes three of the four Viking Bay mariners who remain aboard the ship which is quarantined at Queens Wharf in Wellington. Welfare and health checks are being carried out daily, and plans are in place should any of them become unwell.
There are a further two cases to report which are deemed historical and not considered infectious. A further case from India reported on Friday as historical has now been reclassified as under investigation and has been removed from New Zealand’s tally at this stage.
Press Release – Ministry of Health There are no cases of COVID-19 to report in the community in New Zealand today. There are 10 cases of COVID-19 to report in recent returnees in managed isolation facilities since the Ministrys last update on Friday. This includes three of the …
There are no cases of COVID-19 to report in the community in New Zealand today.
There are 10 cases of COVID-19 to report in recent returnees in managed isolation facilities since the Ministry’s last update on Friday. This includes three of the four Viking Bay mariners who remain aboard the ship which is quarantined at Queens Wharf in Wellington. Welfare and health checks are being carried out daily, and plans are in place should any of them become unwell.