Two crew members from the Mattina container ship who have Covid-19 are quarantining in a monitored facility in the community after being treated at Southland Hospital. Another crew member, the captain, is isolating separately in a facility in Southland, but he had tested negative for Covid-19. He was in the same facility as a second mariner discharged from Southland Hospital on Monday. This meant there were no Covid-19 patients from the MS Mattina in Southland Hospital, Dr Jack said. Health authorities in Southland reassured the community that mariners from the vessel were being well managed and the situation was tightly controlled.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 06, 2021 04:07 UTC