Photo: Vaughan ElderEleven international seamen have tested positive for Covid-19 while in a quarantine hotel in Christchurch, despite testing negative before boarding a charter flight into New Zealand. The ministry said said the positive cases are part of a group who are the only people staying at the Christchurch facility. A total of 440 fishermen from Russia and the Ukraine are staying in quarantine in the managed isolation facility. Earlier, the Ministry of Health released a statement at 1pm advising there was one new Covid case today, in managed isolation. They tested positive around day 12 pf their stay and have been transferred to a managed isolation facility in Auckland, it said.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 20, 2020 02:44 UTC