Photo: NZ HeraldThere have been no new community cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand today, a day after it was revealed a new case had worked a shift at an Auckland KFC outlet. The new community case revealed yesterday was a person linked to the Auckland February cases who had been in quarantine since Tuesday ,but had worked a late shift at KFC Botany Downs on Monday evening. Thousands of people connected to Paptoetoe High School and Kmart Botany have returned negative resultsAdditional community testing centres are available in Auckland this weekend, many with extended hours. The new imported case today was a traveller who arrived in Auckland from Pakistan via the UAE on 21 February. The total number of active cases in New Zealand is now 66 and the country's total number of confirmed cases is 2016.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 27, 2021 00:11 UTC