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The figure includes three of the four Viking Bay mariners who remain aboard the ship quarantined at Queens Wharf in Wellington.
Welfare and health checks were being carried out daily, and plans were in place should any of them become unwell, the Ministry said in a statement this afternoon.
Two further cases were reported deemed historical and not considered infectious.
A further case from India reported on Friday as historical had now been reclassified as under investigation and had been removed from New Zealand s tally.
Fourteen previously reported case had now recovered, it said.
The number of active cases in New Zealand is 45.
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There are 10 new cases of Covid-19 in managed isolation, the Ministry of Health announced on Sunday. About three Lyttelton Port staff met the ship just before 9am on Sunday, wearing full PPE including masks and shields. Thirteen of the crew have been taken to Sudima Hotel, a managed isolation and quarantine facility (MIQ) in Christchurch, on two buses escorted by police. The Spanish fishing vessel Playa Zahara that carried a crew of 18 was not fishing in New Zealand waters but had earlier been heading to Taranaki to change crews. The ministry confirmed on Thursday 16 of the crew tested positive.
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.
Covid update: 10 new cases in MIQ
A Covid-19 testing centre in Wellington. Photo / Jack Crossland
Covid update: 10 new cases in MIQ Sun, 18 Jul 2021, 1:12PM
New Zealand has 10 new cases of Covid in managed isolation, but none in the community, the Ministry of Health says.
Three of the 10 cases are mariners on board the Viking Bay 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, says the Ministry.
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.
Sunday, 18 July 2021, 1:02 pm
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