An MIQ worker at the Holiday Inn facility in Auckland has tested positive for Covid-19 during routine testing.<\/p>\n
The case was discovered on Monday and an investigation is underway to find the source of the infection.<\/p>\n
The Ministry of Health says there is no evidence that transmission happened within the facility.<\/p>\n
It says the worker is fully vaccinated and has been regularly tested.<\/p>\n
They are now isolating in a quarantine facility.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, there are 13 new Covid-19 locations of interest so far today – all in South Auckland.<\/p>\n
They include Pak’nSave in Clendon Park, Countdown in Manurewa, the Clyde Road Superette in Otara, a laundry and other supermarkets.<\/p>\n
There is also concern about a mystery case.<\/p>\n
Officials have not been able to find a link with a woman who went to the emergency department at Middlemore Hospital on Wednesday for an issue unrelated to Covid-19 and later tested positive.<\/p>\n
Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield yesterday said the Middlemore Hospital case – and another at the hospital – were being investigated very thoroughly, along with a few other unlinked cases.<\/p>\n
Vaccination centres have been\u00a0scaled up again in Auckland today<\/a>, amid second-dose bookings from the country’s first mass vaccination event.<\/p>\n On Monday, the government will decide whether Auckland and the rest of the country, will move down alert levels.<\/p>\n