A new exposure event at Middlemore Hospital has meant 21 staff have had to be stood down. The event comes after a patient returned a positive Covid-19 test result on Monday. Five hospital staff in Auckland have tested positive for Covid-19 since cases emerged over the weekend. Two Auckland City Hospital staff returned positive tests on Monday morning after another staff member tested positive over the weekend, the Health Ministry said in a 1pm statement. "As the number of Covid cases increases in the community, we should recognise that the likelihood of our services and staff encountering positive cases also rises."

Source: New Zealand Herald October 11, 2021 01:41 UTC