Covid 19: Anxious wait for region as as locations woman visited revealed
24 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Bendon Outlet in Whangārei was among 30 places the woman who tested positive for Covid visited.
Photo / Adam Pearse
Bendon Outlet in Whangārei was among 30 places the woman who tested positive for Covid visited.
Photo / Adam Pearse
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Northlanders becoming blase about using the Covid tracer app have had a wake-up call after a woman from the region tested positive after twice returning negative results at a quarantine facility.
The woman, 56, lives just south of Whangārei and travelled with her husband in the southern parts of Northland, to about 30 places around Mangawhai, Dargaville and Helensville, and became symptomatic on January 15.
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The Ministry of Health has revealed the list of locations visited by a Northland woman who tested positive for Covid-19 after leaving managed isolation.
The list includes nearly 30 supermarkets, clothing and electronic stores, cafes, restaurants, a gallery, plant centre, museum, pharmacy, vehicle testing station and tavern.
It covers a period from January 14 - the day after she left MIQ - to January 22 - the day she got tested after developing symptoms seven day earlier.
It includes locations in Whangārei, Ruakaka, Parua Bay, Mangawhai Heads an Helensville.
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A 56-year-old woman from Northland tested positive for Covid-19, after spending two weeks in managed isolation in Auckland.
She twice tested negative for the virus while in MIQ at Auckland s Pullman Hotel and left the facility on January 13, developed mild symptoms on January 15, and got tested on January 22 after her condition deteriorated.
Before developing symptoms and testing positive, she travelled around southern Northland. The list of locations she visited was released Sunday evening.