There are 10 cases of Covid-19 in managed isolation today and none in the community, the Ministry of Health has confirmed.
A Haitaitai Park pop-up testing station on Ruahine Street in Wellington. Photo: RNZ / Dom Thomas
The capital is on day six of being at alert level 2, triggered by the visit of a Sydney man who tested positive for the highly infectious Delta variant when he returned home. His partner also tested positive at the weekend.
Wellington update
In a statement, the ministry said so far, 2597 people had been identified as potential contacts of the Australian person who visited Wellington on 19 - 21 June.
Of those total contacts, 2273 had returned a negative result, it said.
"The remainder are either being followed up or are awaiting a test result and eight have been excluded from testing.
"There were 58 passengers on the Qantas flight QF163 which the Australian passenger travelled on to Wellington on Saturday 19 June. All have been advised to self-isolate. Of those 58 passengers, 45 have had a negative test result, and the results of the remainder are being actively followed up."
New Zealand-based flight crew from both the inbound and outbound flights have been tested with negative results, the ministry said.
The ministry urged Wellingtonians and visitors to check the locations of interest.
"People who have been at any of these locations at the relevant time should immediately isolate at their home or accommodation and contact Healthline on 0800 358 5453 for advice on testing.
"There is a Health Act section 70 notice in place that places a legal requirement on all people who were at locations of interest in Australia and New Zealand at the relevant times to follow the instructions regarding isolation and testing."
Across the Tasman, New South Wales has recorded 18 news cases of local transmission since 8pm (local time). All but one confirmed is linked to the Bondi cluster. There have been 59,000 people tested in last 24 hours.
Testing sites in Wellington
Yesterday there were 754 tests processed in the Greater Wellington region.
Information about where to get tested is provided on Capital and Coast DHB, Hutt Valley DHB and Wairarapa DHB, the ministry said.
Testing stations in Wellington today:
- Wellington Central, 196-200 Taranaki Street. Open until 6 this evening and will reopen at 8am tomorrow
- Wellington Regional Hospital, 17 Mein Street. Open until 5 this evening and will reopen at 8am tomorrow.
- Hataitai Park pop-up, Ruahine Street. Open until 6 this evening and will reopen at 10am tomorrow.
- Karori Medical Centre, 11 Parkvale Road, Karori. Open until 5pm this evening and will reopen at 1pm tomorrow.
- Johnsonville Medical Centre, 24 Moorefield Road. Open until 5pm this evening and will reopen at 9.30am tomorrow.
- Cannons Creek, 178 Bedford Street, Porirua. Open until 5 this evening and will reopen at 8am tomorrow.
- Lower Hutt pop-up, Riverbank carpark. Open until 6 this evening and will re-open at 9am tomorrow.
- Kāpiti, Coastlands Shopping Centre. Open until 5 this evening and open again at 12.30pm tomorrow. Bookings essential.
- Wairarapa, located at various medical centres. Open standard business hours, and after-hour testing is provided at Masterton Medical Centre, 4 Colombo Road.
Northern Territory case
A positive case of Covid-19 was detected in the Newmont's Granite gold mine - 350km north-west of Alice Springs in Australia's Northern Territory.
The ministry said two contacts of the Northern Territory miner with Covid-19 have since travelled to New Zealand.
"Both are in isolation and being tested according to the type of contact they had with the case at the mine. One has returned a negative test result already, and the result for the other individual is expected tomorrow. They will both undertake around day-five testing."
"New Zealand health officials remain in contact with our Australian counterparts and are closely monitoring the situation."
Quarantine-free travel with Australia paused
Quarantine-free travel between all Australian states and territories and New Zealand was paused at 10.30pm on Friday 25 June and will remain paused until 11.59pm on Tuesday 29 June, the ministry said.
"There are now multiple cases and outbreaks in Australia in differing stages of containment and the health risk for New Zealand in response to these cases is increasing."
The ministry said the decision will be reviewed tomorrow.
The numbers
Photo: Ministry of Health
The ministry said one previously reported case has now recovered, bringing the number of active cases in New Zealand to 28.
The seven-day rolling average of new cases detected at the border is three.
Since 1 January 2021, there have been 76 historical cases, out of a total of 566 cases.
The total number of confirmed cases is 2382.
On Sunday, 3527 Covid-19 tests were processed and the total number of tests processed by laboratories to date is 2,271,525.