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In more New Zealand news: the Ministry of Health has announced six new cases of Covid-19 in managed isolation, four of which are historical, and one case of community transmission.
The new community case is a household contact of some of the previous cases diagnosed in Auckland this month, the ministry said.
This person, known as Case H, had been previously tested and returned a negative result. They had been isolating at home since last Monday but were transferred to a quarantine facility as a precaution on Friday.
“Due to the steps already taken in identifying, testing and tracing individuals linked to the February cases, as well as Case H isolating at home since Monday and then being in quarantine for the last two days, the public health risk is considered very low,” the ministry said.
Quarantine-free travel from New Zealand to Australia has resumed ahead of a downgraded alert level expected in Auckland today. Australia reopened the one-way travel bubble this morning following a cluster of coronavirus cases in Auckland. The prime minister Jacinda Ardern is expected to downgrade the alert level in the city from level 2 to level 1 this afternoon after the outbreak was contained to officials’ satisfaction.
Auckland spent three days last week in a level 3 lockdown after Covid-19 was detected in a family of three in the community. Extra conditions for arrivals in Australia from New Zealand will be effective until 1 March, with anyone who has been in Auckland in the past fortnight (excluding the airport) required to show proof of having returned a negative Covid test result within 72 hours of departure. These rules will be reviewed by the end of the month.
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