ISSUE
Friday, August 22, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 73
The new mysterious community case reported today was sick from Monday, 9 November, tested on Tuesday, November 10 and she called in sick to work on Wednesday, November 11 after being tested but went to work after talking to their boss, although they wore a mask.
The student in her 20s was one of three cases announced at the afternoon media briefing today.
The person has three close contacts and all of them have been asked to self-isolate and none of them has reported to developed any symptoms.
Minister of COVID Response Chris Hipkins asked people working in the Auckland CBD area to work from home, if possible and maintain social distance as much as possible when out in the city.
The swab from the person has been taken and is processed by the Health Department for genome sequencing.
The details of the whereabouts of the person with Covid positive was given to Auckland Regional Public Health Services earlier this afternoon.
The source of the infection is still being investigated.
The person worked in the customer service role at A to Z Services in Auckland CBD.
MoH has also revealed the locations of interest in this latest case of Covid-19.
All residents of the Vincent Residence have been asked to go home and stay home while testing takes place. The apartment building is being deep cleaned and a mobile testing station will be available outside.
The case took Uber trips to work and those drivers are being contacted and advised to be tested.
Her apartment building is next door to a managed isolation facility.
The hotel had a fire alarm evacuation on Monday night, but that is not likely to be the source of the infection because the woman became symptomatic that same day.
The new mysterious community case reported today was sick from Monday, 9 November, tested on Tuesday, November 10 and she called in sick to work on Wednesday, November 11 after being tested but went to work after talking to their boss, although they wore a mask.
The student in her 20s was one of...
The new mysterious community case reported today was sick from Monday, 9 November, tested on Tuesday, November 10 and she called in sick to work on Wednesday, November 11 after being tested but went to work after talking to their boss, although they wore a mask.
The student in her 20s was one of three cases announced at the afternoon media briefing today.
The person has three close contacts and all of them have been asked to self-isolate and none of them has reported to developed any symptoms.
Minister of COVID Response Chris Hipkins asked people working in the Auckland CBD area to work from home, if possible and maintain social distance as much as possible when out in the city.
The swab from the person has been taken and is processed by the Health Department for genome sequencing.
The details of the whereabouts of the person with Covid positive was given to Auckland Regional Public Health Services earlier this afternoon.
The source of the infection is still being investigated.
The person worked in the customer service role at A to Z Services in Auckland CBD.
MoH has also revealed the locations of interest in this latest case of Covid-19.
All residents of the Vincent Residence have been asked to go home and stay home while testing takes place. The apartment building is being deep cleaned and a mobile testing station will be available outside.
The case took Uber trips to work and those drivers are being contacted and advised to be tested.
Her apartment building is next door to a managed isolation facility.
The hotel had a fire alarm evacuation on Monday night, but that is not likely to be the source of the infection because the woman became symptomatic that same day.
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