18 Aug 2020

Different Covid-19 strain in new case from isolation facility

From Checkpoint, 5:09 pm on 18 August 2020

Authorities are scrambling to get to the bottom of a new case of Covid-19, that's not connected to the known cluster in Auckland.

A maintenance worker at at the Rydges Hotel managed isolation facility has tested positive.

There are 13 new confirmed cases in the community today. But how this worker got Covid-19 remains a mystery.

Logan Church reports.