Showing posts with label Covid-19 update. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Covid-19 update. Show all posts
Monday, January 25, 2021
Australia Blocks Travel As New Zealand Confirms Its First New Covid-19 Case In Months
New Zealand officials confirmed a case of the highly infectious South African coronavirus variant Monday, the first reported case outside of quarantine facilities in the country in months, prompting officials to trace and cut off the diseases’ potential transmission through the community and forcing Australia to immediately suspend its quarantine-free travel bubble travel.
New Zealand’s new COVID case is the South African variant
New Zealand’s first case of coronavirus in the community in months has been identified as the South African variant, health minister Chris Hipkins said on Monday, adding that the 56-year-old woman probably caught it from another returning traveller just before leaving quarantine.
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