Three members of a tour group of 19 have been assessed at Rotorua Hospital out of concern they may have become infected with the deadly novel coronavirus. Public health services were alerted tour group members may have been exposed to someone with the coronavirus. The tour group arrived in Auckland on Saturday night from Australia and then travelled to Rotorua. Lakes District Health Board chief executive Nick Saville-Wood said health board staff were aware of the need to be vigilant for signs and symptoms of people who might present to the emergency departments with flu-like symptoms. He said health board staff were working closely with Toi Te Ora Public Health to keep health professionals across the Lakes district informed of the risk.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 27, 2020 00:22 UTC