Coronavirus - New Zealand
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
It is apparently the new UK strain, not able to link it to any known travellers yet.
There were 2 people in the car with these people when they went to new Plymouth who have tested negative.
Thats crazy eh. Assume it must be highly likely they will retest positive very soon? Otherwise how do you not get it after being in a car together for 5 hours
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From a purely selfish perspective I hope it is extended as I have Art Deco on this week with thousands spent on accommodation and events and (non COVID related) can't attend.
I'm sure the rest of NZ would be cool with an extended lockdown just for me....
Hopefully this is only a circuit breaker like Melbourne's last one and we go back to normal on Thursday although the fact that it can't be linked to MIQ is a worry.
Testing over the next couple of days is critical.
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@JK said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
It is apparently the new UK strain, not able to link it to any known travellers yet.
There were 2 people in the car with these people when they went to new Plymouth who have tested negative.
Thats crazy eh. Assume it must be highly likely they will retest positive very soon? Otherwise how do you not get it after being in a car together for 5 hours
JK beat me to it.
Seems you don't test positive straightaway, or even within 14 days, to the UK variant.
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@Donsteppa car air-con filters better than hotels!
Although with the longer incubation or negtive tests early on, it didnt transpire with those other cases a fortnight ago (was it 2 or 3 weeks ago?) and one had sat in a car over a period of 3 days and still tested negative, and assume has still been negative.
Just a crazy virus this one!
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@Godder said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Latest update, 5 cases all in MIQ, so no community cases today.
The band is getting back together later with the Jacinda and Ashley show at 4pm after today's Cabinet meeting.
Too early to know about community cases i suspect, they would have only received tests today
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I'll accept some blame for this new outbreak. For the first time since March last year, I bought yeast from the supermarket yesterday morning...
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@Stockcar86 said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
I'll accept some blame for this new outbreak. For the first time since March last year, I bought yeast from the supermarket yesterday morning...
Hoarder! Panic buyer! wrecker! kulak!
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@Rapido said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Stockcar86 said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
I'll accept some blame for this new outbreak. For the first time since March last year, I bought yeast from the supermarket yesterday morning...
Hoarder! Panic buyer! wrecker! kulak!
Is that a fairly obscure right wing dog whistle?
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From RNZ live, so far so good:
Seven of the nine co-workers of the mother have returned negative test results. There are 42 close contacts outside of the household, including the daughter's classmates and teachers. All of the nine non-school related close contacts have returned negative test results. Only two people from the school have returned negative test results, while results for the others are pending.
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@Donsteppa the only concerning part is they cannot link the genomes for this case to any other positive case having come through MIQ.
I guess its a good thing that they can drill down into so much detail on the cases, whereas many other countries tracing the source is lower priority than managing the infected.
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Donsteppa the only concerning part is they cannot link this case to any other positive case having come through MIQ.
Yep, we've been lucky so far Despite the infection rate of this B1.1.7 variant being circa 50% more infectious than the original strain, close contacts seem to have consistently tested negative here and in the last Northland case.
Good news in the press conference, the first batch of vaccines arrived from Belgium this morning.
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@Donsteppa said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Good news in the press conference, the first batch of vaccines arrived from Belgium this morning.
Still aiming to start vaccination on Sat after quality control over the next few days.
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So yesterday lunchtime I was made aware of someone who is a close contact to the 3 (of the father actually) that apparently has tested positive. Yet nothing announced other than the number of negative results and that others are pending. Maybe this means waiting for second test?
Will be interesting to know if my messenger (who I have no reason not to trust) has been told porkies or if the lag between what the govt officials know and share with us is that significant.
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@JK surely they wouldn't be dumb enough to hold results back, far too easy for a leak and Govt. look like they are hiding stuff (people suspect it anyway)
They were announcing negative results outside the usual 1pm window, so in theory, if they got a positive they could too?
Yesterday thier 1pm info didnt hit media until 1.20 or so, in the current climate, people are rightfully concerned (health and economy) they need to be providing consistency of message.
From an hour ago on Stuff:
Coronavirus: Ashley Bloomfield says he wasn't told of any new cases overnight
Director-General of Health Dr. Ashley Bloomfiled said he wasnât told of any new Covid-19 community cases overnight, giving some hope that the Ministry of Health will report another day of no new community cases.
Bloomfield told RNZ this morning that heâs usually called overnight by officials if there is a positive test, giving him confidence there werenât new cases reported overnight.
Other health data was also looking positive, Bloomfield said.
âWhat we are, is reassured that there hasnât been any onward transmission from our current cases, the other thing of course weâre really looking for is because weâre not sure exactly where this infection has come from is, âare there any parallel chains of infection out there in the communityâ,â Bloomfield said.