18 Feb 2021

Covid-19: Ayesha Verrall confident contact tracing can keep up with Auckland cases

From Morning Report, 7:18 am on 18 February 2021

Auckland has exited its three day lockdown, based on the advice of Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield.

Associate Minister of Health Ayesha Verrall says she has confidence contact tracing is finding any chains of transmission.

Genomic testing results that came in overnight confirmed the latest three cases are linked to the Papatoetoe family.