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New Zealand reports three new COVID-19 local cases, work is underway to determine how the Auckland family caught the virus
New Zealand has reported three new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in the country’s largest city.
Key points:
- The cases are a couple and their daughter in Auckland
- Testing is being conducted to see if the family’s infection is linked to any highly infectious strains
- The woman in the infected family works for an airline catering company, mostly in the laundry facilities
New Zealand’s minister for COVID-19 response, Chris Hipkins, said the cases were a couple and their daughter in Auckland and that genomic testing was being conducted to see if the family’s infection was linked to any highly infectious variants.
“Our system has swung into action, we are gathering all of the facts as quickly as we can,” Mr Hipkins said.
“And the system that’s…
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