Source: Covid-19 New Zealand Government Announcements
There were 18,527 total vaccine doses administered yesterday, including 2,434 first doses and 6,849 second doses. To date, 94% of eligible people in New Zealand have had their first dose and 89% are double-dosed.
There are 80 new community cases and 2 new cases identified at the border.
- 51 in Auckland
- 21 in Waikato
- 7 in Bay of Plenty
- 1 in Lakes.
There are 62 cases in hospital.
Update on today’s COVID-19 cases | health.govt.nz (external link)
Testing reminder
People who are not fully vaccinated and asymptomatic and require surveillance COVID-19 testing for travel need to get a supervised rapid antigen test from a pharmacy, within 72 hours of travel.
Anyone with any COVID-19 symptoms is asked to get a PCR test at a community testing centre or a doctor and stay at home until a negative result is returned.
Omicron close contacts
Several members of a flight crew have been identified as close contacts of a Omicron variant case in Australia. These crew members arrived in New Zealand last night and are in a MIQ facility, as per standard international air crew arrival procedure.
