Ten new Covid MIQ cases include mariners

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The Ministry of Health advise that there are no cases of COVID-19 to report in the community in New Zealand today.

There are ten cases of COVID-19 to report in recent returnees in managed isolation facilities since the Ministry's last update on Friday.

These ten cases include three of the four Viking Bay mariners who remain aboard the ship which is quarantined at Queens Wharf in Wellington. Welfare and health checks are being carried out daily, and plans are in place should any of them become unwell.

There are a further two cases to report which are deemed historical and not considered infectious. A further case from India reported on Friday as historical has now been reclassified as under investigation and has been removed from New Zealand's tally at this stage.

Fourteen previously reported case have now recovered.

The number of active cases in New Zealand is 45. Since January 1 2021, there have been 99 historical cases, out of a total of 641 cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases detected at the border is seven. The total number of confirmed NZ cases is 2,458.

Playa Zahara Update
The fishing ship Playa Zahara arrived into Lyttelton Port this morning and is now secured at a quarantine berth within the port exclusion zone. This means it is in an area that is not accessible by the public.

A comprehensive safety plan has been developed and the risk to port workers and the public is deemed low.

Testing carried out at Port Taranaki on July 13 found 16 of the 18 crew members positive for COVID-19. All crew members will be retested today.

In accordance with the plan developed by Canterbury DHB's public health team and the Government cross agency team, five of the crew members will isolate aboard the fishing vessel and the remainder will be transported to managed isolation and quarantine facilities in Christchurch.

Welfare and health checks will be conducted on the crew remaining aboard the vessel and plans are in place should any of them become unwell. Customs will maintain a presence at the port throughout the operation.

Update on the situation in Victoria
New Zealand public health officials are closely monitoring the situation in Victoria where there has been a growing number of COVID-19 cases.

Anyone who was in Victoria since July 8 is encouraged to keep checking the Victoria Health website (https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/exposure-sites) for locations of interest which continue to be announced.

People who have been at these locations at the relevant time should immediately isolate at their home or accommodation and call Healthline on 0800 358 5453 for advice on testing.

New border cases in New Zealand

Arrival date

From

Via

Positive test day/reason

Managed isolation/
quarantine location

12 July

Fiji

Direct

Day 3/contact of a case

Auckland

15 July

South Africa

Qatar

Day 1/routine test

Auckland

15 July

South Africa

Qatar

Day 1/routine test

Auckland

12 July

Mariner

Viking Bay

Surveillance testing

Queens Wharf

12 July

Mariner

Viking Bay

Surveillance testing

Queens Wharf

12 July

Mariner

Viking Bay

Surveillance testing

Queens Wharf

12 July

Fiji

Direct

Day 3/routine test

Auckland

12 July

Fiji

Direct

Day 3/routine test

Auckland

13 July

Full travel history not yet obtained

Full travel history not yet obtained

Day 3/routine test

Auckland

13 July

Full travel history not yet obtained

Full travel history not yet obtained

Day 3/routine test

Auckland


Historical cases

Arrival date

From

Via

Positive test day/reason

Managed isolation/
quarantine location

27 November*

Philippines

Full itinerary unknown

Day 3/routine test

Hamilton

26 June

India

Serbia and United Arab Emirates

Day 0/routine test

Hamilton

* As this case was reported last year, it doesn't appear in total reported figures since January.

Testing
The total number of COVID-19 tests processed by laboratories to date is 2,397,849. On Saturday, 4,436 tests were processed across New Zealand.

The seven-day rolling average is 6,692. For all testing locations nationwide visit the Healthpoint website.

NZ COVID Tracer
NZ COVID Tracer now has 2,899,806 registered users. Poster scans have reached 307,515,212 and users have created 11,995,246 manual diary entries.

There have been 623,035 scans in the last 24 hours to midday yesterday.

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