ISSUE
Friday, October 3, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 79
There have been 7930 new cases of Covid-19 reported in the community today and 19 new deaths, including two under 9 years old. The number of new cases identified at the border is 55
A person who has travelled from overseas to New Zealand has been confirmed as having the XE variant of Omicron - the first known detection of the variant in New Zealand.
The Ministry of Health said XE has been spreading overseas and its arrival in New Zealand is not unexpected.
"At this stage, the public health settings already in place to manage other Omicron variants are assessed to be appropriate for managing XE and no changes are required."
XE is a combination of BA.1 and BA.2 sub variants of Omicron. There is some early evidence that it may be slightly more transmissible than BA.2, which is more transmissible than BA.1, the ministry said.
Meanwhile, two children under 9 are among 19 deaths announced today by the Ministry of Health.
In today's statement, the Ministry of Health said there were 494 people in hospital and 15 in ICU.
The Ministry of Health says there are 9,390 new community cases; 522 hospitalisations (15 in ICU) and 13 deaths to report on Friday.
There have been 7930 new cases of Covid-19 reported in the community today and 19 new deaths, including two under 9 years old. The number of new cases identified at the border is 55
A person who has travelled from overseas to New Zealand has been confirmed as having the XE variant of Omicron - the...
There have been 7930 new cases of Covid-19 reported in the community today and 19 new deaths, including two under 9 years old. The number of new cases identified at the border is 55
A person who has travelled from overseas to New Zealand has been confirmed as having the XE variant of Omicron - the first known detection of the variant in New Zealand.
The Ministry of Health said XE has been spreading overseas and its arrival in New Zealand is not unexpected.
"At this stage, the public health settings already in place to manage other Omicron variants are assessed to be appropriate for managing XE and no changes are required."
XE is a combination of BA.1 and BA.2 sub variants of Omicron. There is some early evidence that it may be slightly more transmissible than BA.2, which is more transmissible than BA.1, the ministry said.
Meanwhile, two children under 9 are among 19 deaths announced today by the Ministry of Health.
In today's statement, the Ministry of Health said there were 494 people in hospital and 15 in ICU.
The Ministry of Health says there are 9,390 new community cases; 522 hospitalisations (15 in ICU) and 13 deaths to report on Friday.
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