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Household Member Of Case M Returns A Positive Test Result
27 February 2021
As announced by the Director-General of Health this evening, a further person in the household of Case M has returned a positive result.
The latest case, known as Case N, is currently asymptomatic.
The three other members of the household have returned negative tests. All family members are isolating.
Locations of
interest
Case M is a student at the Manukau
Institute of Technology (MIT) and also works part-time, one
day a week, at Kerry Logistics (Oceania) Limited. Affected
MIT students have been emailed this evening.
A number of locations of interest that Case M visited have now been advised. These include Hunter Plaza, Burger King Highland Park, Your Health Pharmacy, and Pak n Save Manukau. City Fitness in Hunter Plaza, a gym the person attended, has also advised its members by email directly of the time and day of interest.
Details on locations of interest is available on the Ministry’s website and will continue to be updated as they come to hand https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-health-advice-public/contact-tracing-covid-19/covid-19-contact-tracing-locations-interest
People who were at these locations of interest should isolate for 14 days and if symptoms develop, get tested.
Up-to-date information on testing
locations in metro Auckland
Additional community
testing centres are available in Auckland this weekend, many
with extended hours. These are in Otara, Botany, Pakuranga
Heights, Balmoral, Henderson and Northcote.
In East Auckland, a CTC at Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga Heights, will be open from 8am – 4pm Sunday.
The Botany CTC at Golflands will be open from 9am - 5pm Sunday.
For up-to-date information on testing locations in Auckland, visit https://www.arphs.health.nz/ and all testing locations nationwide, visit the Healthpoint website.
Alert Levels
Auckland
goes into Level 3 as of 6am Sunday, 28 February for 7
days.
The remainder of New Zealand will go into Level 2 as of 6am Sunday 28 February for 7 days.
Information on the Alert Level requirements may be seen here https://covid19.govt.nz/
The Ministry will be providing a further update tomorrow at 1pm.
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