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The case had been using the Covid-19 Tracer app and did not begin to show symptoms until Monday morning shorty before flying out, he said. “The person was vaccinated. The pub where it was higher density seating – the exhibition at Te Papa which I understand was quite busy – obviously creates an additional element of risk,” Hipkins said, adding that he was still waiting to hear test results from the four close contacts of the case in New Zealand. “While the risk still remains low obviously having had somebody with Covid-19 in Wellington for a 48-hour period does create some additional risk. So the work really at this point is just making sure that we understand the true extent of the risk.’’
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There is enough Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine ordered to vaccinate everyone aged over 16. And he defended the pace of the roll out so far, saying it had taken six weeks to get through the first 100,000 doses – then just a week to get to do half that again. Last Thursday was when we had 100,000 doses administered - by the end of today it will be 150,000,” Bloomfield said. Ramping up the system from 15,000 doses a day to 60,000 Bloomfield said that after scaling the system up to between 12,000 and 15,000 doses it would plateau until July, when the mass-vaccination of the whole population would begin.
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