New Zealand’s sixth case of COVID-19 was announced today in an Auckland man in his sixties, after recent travel to the United States.
The man has been unwell and is now recovering at home – hospital treatment has not been required. He will recover at home in self isolation and will be monitored daily by health services.
In this instance, the man returned recently from the United States, where there is local transmission of COVID-19. It was more than 3 days after he arrived back home before he became unwell and the public health assessment is that no one else on the flight is considered to be a close contact.
His partner who travelled with him, is well, and currently also in self isolation. Once he became unwell, the man did everything