Professor Michael Plank, of Te Punaha Matatini, suggested several reasons why New Zealand wasn't seeing more positive cases popping up in the Northland community. "One is that the number of contacts wasn't very high over a week-long period, compared to what it could have been." Plank said it was important that she'd had relatively few close contacts, and hadn't attended any potential "super-spreading" events like large gatherings. She said it would be important to monitor whether the close contacts again tested negative upon further testing. The close contacts of the Northland woman will remain in isolation for the full 14 days despite testing negative.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 27, 2021 03:22 UTC