Three more cases of Covid 19 have emerged just hours after Auckland returned to Alert Level 1.
The three are from a family of six who are connected to the cluster around Papatoetoe High School.
They are now all in the Jetpark quarantine hotel. Exhausted Covid-19 testers in South Auckland are bracing for a big surge today as more people turn up to be tested.
Staff and students at Papatoetoe High School are being asked to get tested again and the school is once again shut.
Reporter Kate Gregan was at Papatoetoe High School yesterday, and has this report:
