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Covid 19 coronavirus: 14 close contacts of Northland community case test negative 25 Jan, 2021 09:47 PM 9 minutes to read • Covid-19 has now claimed 2.13 million lives worldwide, with a total of 99.3m cases. • Meanwhile NZ health officials are investigating a case of the virus in the community - a woman, 56, who was infected in a managed isolation facility with the South African strain. • Australia swiftly halted its travel bubble with NZ after news of the latest case. Three more close contacts are still waiting for test results. It follows Hipkins yesterday announcing that two close contacts of the case, her husband and hairdresser, were negative. ....
Hundreds of people are being asked to stay home and get a Covid-19 test today after a Northland woman tested positive for the virus. Businesses visited by Northland’s community Covid-19 case say they are “angry and frustrated” at not being contacted by health officials, with some resorting to Healthline for guidance. Stuff has spoken to 11 businesses who say they weren’t contacted by the Ministry of Health, leaving some unsure whether to remain open or close for a deep clean. Some said they had been waiting on hold for hours in an attempt to get guidance from Healthline. LAWRENCE SMITH/Stuff ....
Covid 19 coronavirus: Calls to Healthline s hotline spike following Northland case 25 Jan, 2021 04:51 AM 6 minutes to read NZ Herald Calls to Healthline s dedicated Covid-19 information line have more than quadrupled in recent days, leading to increased wait times for callers. A 56-year-old woman from Northland tested positive for Covid-19 after completing the required 14 days of managed isolation at the Pullman Hotel in Auckland. Read More Before developing symptoms, she travelled to a number of places around the southern part of Northland. A full list of those locations, including two new shops - Carpet Court and Farmers in Whangarei - is at the bottom of this story. ....
Ngātiwai Trust Board chairman, Aperahama Kerepeti-Edwards, has raised concerns with health and government officials over the number of testing centres available. “They [people turning up for tests] are sitting in their cars in near-30 degree heat, getting hot, thirsty and distressed. LAWRENCE SMITH/Stuff Large queues have formed at the Marsden Point testing station. “We are calling on the government and the Northland District Health Board to move urgently and provide more resource into testing.” Two additional pop-up testing centres have been opened in Helensville and Mangawhai and opening hours at all existing testing centres in Northland and Auckland have been extended. ....
Text by Jamie Morton and Claire Trevett, NZ Herald Northland residents have waited up to three and a half hours to get a Covid test this morning after the ....