The Director-General of Health has provided updated information around the two active cases announced yesterday. “We have always expected that New Zealand would get more cases of COVID-19, especially with more people from overseas coming into the country,” said Dr Ashley Bloomfield. “COVID-19 remains a serious pandemic continuing to affect many countries.
We are not immune to further cases arriving on our shores. “The risk of spread of COVID-19 from these two cases while they were travelling to New Zealand and in the managed isolation facility they were in is low but not impossible, so we are ensuring all steps are in place to mitigate the risk. “As Director-General of Health, I have overall system responsibility for the health