24 Mar 2021

Covid-19: Genomic sequencing links MIQ worker and returnee case - Bloomfield

From Morning Report, 7:47 am on 24 March 2021

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says genomic testing returned overnight confirms that New Zealand's latest Covid-19 case came from within a managed isolation facility.

This follows confirmation that a cleaner working in managed isolation caught Covid-19 and appears to have passed it on in spite of having had two doses of the vaccine.

Susie Ferguson spoke to Dr Bloomfield and he explained the results of the genome tests.