New Zealand reports first Covid-19 case in community since February
by Tess McClure in Christchurch from on (#5NDPM)
Officials have not yet established a link between the case, detected in Auckland, and the border or managed isolation facilities
New Zealand has a new case of Covid-19 transmission in the community, Ministry of Health officials have confirmed. The news will be greeted with dismay in the country, which has not had a case of transmission in the community since February, and has so far avoided incursions into the community from the more-transmissible Delta variant.
The case was detected in Auckland, and health officials have not yet established a link between the case and the border or managed isolation facilities.
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