Four crew members have been transported to a managed isolation facility in Christchurch, while the ship’s captain, who needs to remain close to the ship, has been transferred to accommodation provided by the Southern DHB. A Ministry of Health spokesman said crewmen who recovered from Covid-19 would remain on the ship as the size of the vessel required a minimum crew on board. The five mariners isolating on shore would be returned to the ship when their period of isolation was completed, and the ship would depart once it had undergone a deep clean, the spokesman said. Two of the first crew members to test positive were taken to Southland Hospital for assessment on July 21, but did not need to be admitted, and were returned to the ship later that day.
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People line up for Covid-19 tests in Auckland. (File photo) The mariner is one of 16 positive cases aboard the ship and was taken to the hospital for “assessment and possibly ongoing care”, Southern DHB acting general Jo Mcleod said. “This was done in a carefully planned and co-ordinated way, working with St John, IPC, ED and other hospital staff, under the guidance of Southern DHB Medical Officers of Health.”
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A mariner aboard the Mattina has been taken to Southland hospital for “assessment”. The ship arrived to New Zealand on July 18 and was scheduled to leave on July 20, but has been postponed until the mariners are cleared by health officials.
There are five new cases of COVID-19 to report
today in recent returnees in managed isolation
facilities.
Two previously reported historical cases,
associated with the Playa Zahara fishing vessel, have now
been reclassified as ‘not a case’. Neither case meets
the current COVID-19 case definition.
As a result,
these cases have been removed from our total cases count and
our historical cases tally.
The number of active cases
in New Zealand is 46.
Since 1 January 2021, there have
been 107 historical cases, out of a total of 694
cases.
The seven-day rolling average of new cases
detected at the border is five.
Our total number of
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In a statement, the Ministry of Health said there were no community cases.
The ministry said its approval follows agreement by the metro-Auckland DHBs to treat the patient, and a transfer plan approved by a Medical Officer of Health from the Auckland Regional Public Health Service and agreed to by New Zealand Air Ambulance Service. The plan takes into consideration the safety of both the patient and the crew who will be transporting the patient, it said. The metro-Auckland DHBs are working in an extremely busy and dynamic environment, due in part to higher than normal presentations of RSV and winter illness. The receiving hospital is yet to be confirmed, and will be determined by the treatment required by the patient and the capacity in the respective Intensive Care Units (ICUs).
Press Release – Ministry of Health There are no cases of COVID-19 to report in the community today. There are five new cases of COVID-19 to report today in recent returnees in managed isolation facilities. Two previously reported historical cases, associated with the Playa Zahara fishing …
There are no cases of COVID-19 to report in the community today.
There are five new cases of COVID-19 to report today in recent returnees in managed isolation facilities.
Two previously reported historical cases, associated with the Playa Zahara fishing vessel, have now been reclassified as ‘not a case’. Neither case meets the current COVID-19 case definition.