Media Releases – NZ Ministry of Health

• Section 70 notice issued for northern Hauraki; locals, visitors, workers required to isolate, get tested
  Media release20 September 2021Movement in, out, and around northern Hauraki is now restricted as a precautionary measure, following three local cases of COVID-19 reported last night. The Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, has issued a new direction under section 70 of the Health Act requiring those who may have come in contact with these […]
• Update on northern Hauraki cases
  Media release20 September 2021The final household member of the northern Hauraki house where the remand prisoner stayed has now been tested and results are pending. An investigation into the epidemiological link (exact route of infection) is ongoing – our working hypothesis being that the individual was infected in Auckland after leaving prison, rather than by […]
• Health supports $36 million boost to infectious disease research
  News article20 September 2021The Infectious Disease Research Platform is intended to provide a substantial boost domestic research into infectious diseases – a timely subject area as the world fights the COVID-19 pandemic. The $36 million in funding over three years was announced by the Government this week and will kickstart a new programme of infectious […]
• 22 community cases of COVID-19; one border case; more than 4.7 million vaccines administered
  Media release20 September 2021Cases   Number of new community cases*: 22  Number of new cases identified at the border: One  Location of new cases: Auckland, Whakatīwai  Location of community cases (total): Auckland (including 3 cases in Whakatīwai*) 1,051 (677 of whom have recovered);  Wellington 17 (all of whom have recovered);  Number of community cases (total): 1,071 (in current […]
• COVID-19 update 20 September 2021 4pm
  News article20 September 2021Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will give a post-cabinet announcement today at 4pm. The Prime Minister will be joined by Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield.
• Three new positive COVID-19 cases in the Kaiaua/Whakatīwai
  Media release19 September 2021The Ministry of Health is tonight confirming that three household members of a remand prisoner with COVID-19, who was announced as a case today, have tested positive. Two of the three household members attend Mangatangi School on the Hauraki Plains. All three positive cases, and an accompanying adult caregiver, are being moved […]
• 24 community cases of COVID-19; more than 50,000 vaccines administered yesterday
  Media release19 September 2021Cases Number of new community cases: 24 Number of new cases identified at the border: No new cases at the border today Location of new cases: Auckland Location of community cases (total): Auckland 1,033 (671 of whom have recovered); Wellington 17 (all of whom have recovered) *Number of community cases (total): 1,050 […]
• COVID-19 update 19 September 2021
  News article19 September 2021Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay will update the media today at 1pm.
• 20 community cases of COVID-19; 2 confirmed cases and 2 historical cases in managed isolation; more than 60,000 vaccines administered yesterday
  Media release18 September 2021There are 20 new community cases today. 19 of these are household or known contacts and only one of these remains unlinked. Interviews are underway with that person to determine how they are linked to the current outbreak. As noted yesterday, we are expecting some fluctuations in case numbers at this point in the outbreak.  12,427 tests were taken yesterday, including more than 7,000 swabs taken in the Auckland […]
• 11 community cases of COVID-19; five cases in managed isolation; more than 60,000 vaccines administered yesterday
  Media release17 September 2021Cases Number of new community cases: 11 Number of new cases identified at the border: Five Location of new cases: Auckland Location of community cases (total): Auckland 990 (535 of whom have recovered); Wellington 17 (15 of whom have recovered) Number of community cases (total): 1,007 (in current community outbreak) Cases infectious in […]