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Media release from the Ministry of Health
Thursday 8 April 2021, 01:54 PM
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There is one new border-related positive COVID-19 case, in a worker at the Grand Millennium managed isolation facility.
The worker returned a positive swab after being tested on Tuesday.
The person returned high CT values which can mean it is either early on in their infection, nearing the end, or the case is historical. An urgent repeat test is being carried out today to give health officials a better understanding of this person’s infection. Whole Genome Sequencing will be carried out.
The case lives alone and travels to work with a colleague. The case’s colleague has been informed they are a close contact, is self-isolating at home and will be tested today.
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health
There is one new border-related positive COVID-19 case, in a worker at the Grand Millennium managed isolation facility.
The worker returned a positive swab after being tested on Tuesday.
The person returned high CT valuesâ¯which can mean it is either early on in their infection, nearing the end, or the case is historical. An urgent repeat test is being carried out todayâ¯to give health officials a better understanding of this personâs infection.â¯Whole Genome Sequencing will be carried out.
The case lives alone and travels to work with a colleague. The caseâs colleague has beenâ¯informed they are a close contact, is self-isolating at home and will be tested today.
Press Release – Ministry of Health
There is one new border-related positive COVID-19 case, in a worker at the Grand Millennium managed isolation facility.
The worker returned a positive swab after being tested on Tuesday.
The person returned high CT valueswhich can mean it is either early on in their infection, nearing the end, or the case is historical. An urgent repeat test is being carried out todayto give health officials a better understanding of this person’s infection.Whole Genome Sequencing will be carried out.
The case lives alone and travels to work with a colleague. The case’s colleague has beeninformed they are a close contact, is self-isolating at home and will be tested today.
United Arab Emirates
These cases were previously under investigation and have now been confirmed as historical, and therefore counted in today’s tally. Historical cases are deemed not infectious.
Testing update
On Wednesday, 6646 tests were processed.
In the past seven days, 24,694 tests have been processed, with a seven-day rolling average up to yesterday of 3528 tests processed.
The total number of tests processed by laboratories to date is 1,927,613.
Up-to-date information on all testing locations nationwide is available on the Healthpoint website: https://www.healthpoint.co.nz/covid-19/.
NZ Covid Tracer App
NZ Covid Tracer now has 2,776,116 registered users.
Total poster scans have reached 242,421,822 and users have created 9,058,898 manual diary entries.
New Zealand Quarantine Worker Tests Positive for CCP Virus
A New Zealandhotel quarantine worker has tested positive for the CCP virus just days after the country announced a two-way safe zone travel bubble with Australia.
The 24-year-old security worker at Grand Millennium managed isolation facility in Auckland returned a positive swab test on Tuesday after complaining of a sore throat.
New Zealand Director-General of Health Dr. Ashley Bloomfield told reporters that the man had not been vaccinated.
“The person returned high CT values , which can mean it is either early on in their infection, nearing the end, or the case is historical,” the health ministry announced on Thursday. “An urgent repeat test is being carried out today to give health officials a better understanding of this person’s infection. Whole Genome Sequencing will be carried out.”