Media Releases – NZ Ministry of Health

• No new community cases; 10 cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation
  Media release10 April 2021There are no new COVID-19 community cases to report today and 10 new positive COVID-19 border-related cases in managed isolation since our last update yesterday. Update on the border-related positive COVID-19 case   There are no new positive cases from contacts of the COVID-19 case in a worker at the Grand Millennium managed […]
• Update on border-related case; crew member under investigation on ship
  Media release09 April 2021The case investigation into the border-related COVID-19 case in a worker at the Grand Millennium managed isolation facility continues. The person’s further test results are expected to give health authorities a better understanding of this person’s infection. Whole genome sequencing on the first sample has returned an inconclusive result. A repeat sequencing […]
• No new community cases; 6 cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation
  Media release09 April 2021There are no new COVID-19 community cases to report today and 6 new positive COVID-19 border-related cases in managed isolation since our last update yesterday. Update on the border-related positive COVID-19 case  Yesterday we reported a new border-related COVID-19 case in a worker at the Grand Millennium managed isolation facility.There are no […]
• Border-related case confirmed as current case
  Media release08 April 2021The new border-related COVID-19 case reported earlier today is now confirmed as a current case after today’s test result returned positive. Other test results we have today of four members from an adjoining house have returned negative.  A co-worker who often drove the case to and from work has also returned a […]
• One new border-related case; 19 cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation; 4 historical cases 
  Media release08 April 2021There is one new border-related positive COVID-19 case, in a worker at the Grand Millennium managed isolation facility. The worker returned a positive swab after being tested on Tuesday. The person returned high CT values which can mean it is either early on in their infection, nearing the end, or the case is […]
• COVID-19 media update, 8 April 2021
  News article08 April 2021The Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, will provide an update to the media today at 1.00 pm.
• Aotearoa New Zealand joins with WHO to eliminate health inequities
  Media release07 April 2021This World Health Day, the Ministry of Health is joining the World Health Organization as it calls for action to eliminate health inequities. For more than 50 years World Health Day (April 7) has been used to create awareness around priority areas of concern for the World Health Organization. This year’s campaign […]
• No new community cases; 7 cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation
  Media release07 April 2021There are no new COVID-19 community cases to report today and 7 new positive COVID-19 border-related cases in managed isolation since our last update on Tuesday. The seven-day rolling average of new cases detected at the border is 5. The total number of active cases in New Zealand today is 81. Our […]
• COVID-19 media update, 7 April 2021
  News article07 April 2021The Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, and Associate Minister of Health (Māori), Peeni Henare, will provide an update to the media today at 1.00 pm.
• No new community cases; 17 cases over 2 days of COVID-19 in managed isolation
  Media release06 April 2021There are no new COVID-19 community cases to report today and 17 new positive COVID-19 border-related cases in managed isolation since our last update on Sunday. The seven-day rolling average of new cases detected at the border is 4. An additional 4 people have now recovered. The total number of active cases […]