Coromandel looks to have dodged a bullet with 12 days of Covid-19 testing showing no positive cases in the region. While the Coromandel looks to have avoided infection, Monday’s national tally stands at 562 – with 547 cases in Auckland and 15 in Wellington. Once the Coromandel risk was confirmed, Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki began a pop-up testing station in town and chief executive Riana Manuel was pleased the community arrived en masse to be swabbed. Tom Lee/Stuff A large number of people were tested and vaccinated in the Coromandel township over the past 12 days. In Hamilton, the Claudelands pop-up site is also closed as demand for testing can be met by the Founders Community Testing Centre in Hamilton and within general practices and urgent care clinics.

Source: Stuff August 30, 2021 02:57 UTC