People who were at The Malt pub in Greenhithe, Auckland from 7:30-10pm on Friday 16 October should get a test and isolate while waiting for results. Their household contacts should also get a test and isolate.
A pop-up community testing centre has been set up in the Greenhithe area, and a surge centre is open from today until Thursday 29 October at Northcare Accident and Medical off Constellation Drive.
Testing is also available across the city at the six permanent community testing centres, and at urgent care clinics and all general practices.
Three community testing centres are confirmed to stay open through the long weekend – those are Northcote Community Testing Centre, Northcare Accident and Medical, and the Whānau Ora Community Clinic in Wiri. A COVID-19 test is always free of charge, anywhere at anytime.
All New Zealanders are urged to: keep a record of your movements by using the NZ COVID Tracer app, stay home if you are sick and call Healthline or your GP to ask about getting tested, and to practice good hygiene. #COVID19nz
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There are two new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today, both imported cases in managed isolation facilities.
The first case arrived on October 19 and the second case arrived on October 21.
They were both tested on arrival after developing symptoms on their journey.
Both cases are now in the Auckland quarantine facility.
The total number of active cases is now 58.
New Zealand’s total number of confirmed cases is now 1,558, which is the number the Ministry of Health reports to the World Health Organization. There have been 40,665,438 confirmed cases of COVID-19, worldwide including 1,121,843 deaths.
The Auckland Regional Public Health Service have asked people who were at The Malt pub in Greenhithe on 16 October to self-isolate and get tested. A person now confirmed with COVID-19 was infectious while in the pub from 7.30pm until 10pm on Friday night.
There will be a pop up community testing centre in the Greenhithe area tomorrow. The location and times will be made available on the ARPHS website soon.
Household members of pub patrons from that night need only to get tested and stay home if the person who was at the pub becomes sick or develops any symptoms, or if directed by Public Health.
COVID-19 Update
Fakaalofa atu, there are 25 new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today – 23 of these are imported cases caught at the border. Two are cases linked to the port worker reported on Sunday, who are workplace contacts.
Workplace cases
The first case we are reporting today was previously considered a casual contact of the port worker reported on Sunday. The person had a very short exposure on Friday to the case announced on Sunday and they were tested on Sunday with a negative result.
The new case today became symptomatic yesterday and was tested and returned a positive result. Their household contact is now also being tested. The second case has come into our database after 9am and will therefore be reflected in tomorrow’s official numbers.
There is one new imported case of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today. There are no new community cases.
Today’s imported case arrived on October 7 and was taken to a managed isolation facility in Auckland.
They tested positive at routine testing around day 12 of their stay and have been transferred to the Auckland quarantine facility.
Our total number of confirmed cases is now 1,531, which is the number we report to the World Health Organization.
COVID-19 Update
There is one new imported case of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today. There are no new community cases.
Today’s imported case arrived on October 7 and was taken to a managed isolation facility in Auckland. They tested positive at routine testing around day 12 of their stay and have been transferred to the Auckland quarantine facility.
Our total number of confirmed cases is now 1,531, which is the number we report to the World Health Organization.
Five previously reported cases are now considered to have recovered, bringing our total number of active cases to 33.
There are 2 new cases of COVID-19 to report. Both are cases in the community and both have epidemiological links to the Auckland cluster.
2 previously reported cases are considered to have recovered today. Our total number of active cases is 136, plus one previously reported probable case remains active. Of the 137 active cases, 20 are imported cases in MIQ.
One new case is a household contact of a previously confirmed case associated with the Finance Now workplace. The other new case is associated with an existing Tokoroa case.
This new case is a healthcare worker who works at a medical centre in Tokoroa (continued)