For anyone following me from the UK, New Zealand currently has a cluster of 11 cases of #COVIDー19 in the community, within 3 families. They should serve as a warning re opening schools too soon 1/n
Current theory is a parent picked up the virus at work and passed on to teenage daughter, who passed on to a class mate (close contact) after attending school for one day, who passed on to their family.
The 3rd family who have just tested positive include a teen from the same school as the first teen and who was considered a ‘casual plus’ contact, so not a class mate but someone who may have been exposed - maybe had been in the same classroom(s) but at a different time?
There are about 1500 students in the high school but we have 3 families infected. This is with the B.1.1.7 variant.
The school was shut for a week, opened again yesterday with close contacts all still in isolation and everyone else having tested negative. Casual plus teen who tested positive today is 13 days from when they were thought exposed.
School has closed again until further notice and everyone is being tested again.
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