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The new Auckland Covid-19 case poses very low public health risk – Chris Hipkins
4 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Jason Walls is a political reporter for the New Zealand Heraldjason.walls@nzme.co.nz@Jasonwalls92
Testing is under way for the close contacts of a newly confirmed Covid-19 case – the mother of the Covid-infected child confirmed in Auckland last week.
That person, who is the mother of the Covid-19 positive toddler who had been at the Pullman along with the child s father, is now in isolation at the Jet Part facility.
But, speaking to media yesterday, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said the public health risk as a result of the new case was very low .