AUCKLAND (NZ Punjabi News Service):
One new community case of COVID – 19 has been found in New Zealand on Sunday. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said that the case has been detected early and the risk is contained.
He said that the person is a man who works on ships that have been at the Ports of Auckland and Port Taranaki. He said the man has been getting regular COVID tests every fortnight.
He returned a negative test on 2 October, on Friday 16 October he developed respiratory symptoms, Dr Bloomfield said, which returned a positive result on Saturday. Close contacts of the man are either self-isolating or have gone into quarantine.
"Because the person was tested on the day he was developing symptoms, the Ministry of Health was able to self-isolate close contacts, which is a good reminder to the rest of New Zealanders for best practice," Dr Bloomfield said.