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Covid-19: Health officials confirm 31 new cases of coronavirus, first case of South African variant found – Stuff.co.nz
There were 31 new cases over three days in managed isolation, including one case of a more contagious strain of coronavirus.
There have been 31 new cases of Covid-19 over three days at the border, including 11 international mariners.
There are currently 75 active cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, all in managed isolation.
Of those, 19 have been identified as the highly-transmissible B.1.1.7 strain from the UK most of these people have travelled into the country from the UK, via the UAE, Qatar or Singapore, health authorities said.
Professor Shaun Hendy says the new strain is a risk for our border because it is much…
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