A virologist says it's "hugely significant" that there's no genomic match between the new cases and any in MIQ - potentially pointing to a missing link in the community or a leak from elsewhere at the border. But in the latest case, there was no genomic match with any positive cases detected in managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ). ESR and Otago University virologist Dr Jemma Geoghegan said that fact was "hugely significant". De Ligt said scientists had attempted to sequence almost all positive cases that had been detected at the border. The latest cases come as ESR recently expanded its sequencing work to its Mount Albert Science Centre in Auckland.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 15, 2021 05:30 UTC