As New Zealand goes into lockdown, close contacts of the latest community transmission case continue to be tracked and tested (file photo). A Whakatāne educational institute has confirmed a contact connected to a closecontact of the latest community transmission case of Covid-19 was on its campus this week. Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi confirmed a staff member at their Bay of Plenty campus has self-isolated after being identified as a contact connected to a South Auckland family who tested positive for Covid-19. Chief executive Wiremu Doherty said the staff member was alerted to being a contact this morning and had been on campus on Friday, February 12. The university asks people have travelled to Auckland in the past 10 days and have Covid-19 symptoms to contact Healthline or a doctor.

Source: Stuff February 15, 2021 01:40 UTC