They had been tested on Sunday and returned a negative result, but had symptoms yesterday and then tested positive. He was a previously-reported workplace close contact of the port worker, and they have been in quarantine at the Jet Park since Sunday. Any positive test is likely to be genomically sequenced to see if they are linked to the port worker's infection. "We've got some fishers that weren't showing symptoms and tested negative, but have since tested positive," he told Newstalk ZB. Napier shipThe port worker who tested positive for Covid-19 over the weekend also worked on the Ken Rei ship.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 20, 2020 23:49 UTC