All Port of Tauranga workers who were identified as having contact with the Rio De Le Plata crew have returned initial negative results.
Additional test results required for some port workers have also come back negative, although six results are pending. A total of 72 port workers that have been identified as contacts; 70 were identified as requiring a Day Three test after their potential exposure; 64 of these have returned a negative test and six are pending.
In addition two pilots, who have also both tested negative, remain in isolation for 14 days since their possible exposure. Local Tauranga public health staff will be providing individual advice to the border workers on when they can return to work, with the majority cleared for work