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Emergency Response Marlborough turned up at Blenheim Testing Centre on Saturday earlier than the primary case was introduced.
An individual has examined optimistic for Covid-19 in Blenheim.
Little is thought concerning the group case – the primary within the South Island in almost a yr – however they’re thought to have come to the eye of Nelson Marlborough District Well being Board officers late on Friday.
They’re now isolating awaiting the outcomes of additional testing. It’s understood the case is taken into account to be low danger.
On Saturday morning the Ministry mentioned an replace on Covid-19 instances could be at 1pm.
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The South Island’s first case of Covid-19 since November 3 is in Blenheim.
It’s understood the general public well being response is being stepped up in Blenheim. An emergency response unit has arrived at Horton Park the place a testing centre is positioned.
Mayor John Leggett mentioned: “I’ve had a few individuals say to me that they believed that to be the case. I have never heard it in an official sense although and never from the Ministry of Well being.”
Experts had warned it was solely a matter of time earlier than the infectious Delta variant of the virus, which has plagued the higher North Island, significantly Auckland, unfold south.
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The final group instances of Covid-19 within the South Island had been two nurses who worked at the Sudima Christchurch Hotel, the place hundreds of Russian mariners were isolating.
The pair, shut contacts of each other, examined optimistic on November 2 and three.
At 1pm on Friday, well being officers mentioned there have been 129 new group instances of Covid-19 in New Zealand – 120 in Auckland and 9 in Waikato.
They later confirmed two new cases had been identified in Northland.
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