The Health Ministry says the latest patient is a 64 year-old woman who arrived on a repatriation flight from India on August 27. Last week, the ministry announced two men who were on the same flight had tested positive to the virus. It said more than 200 passengers were onboard that flight and they had travelled from Delhi via Fiji, landing in Christchurch late on 27 August. New Zealand's Health Ministry also announced last week that five passengers on the same flight tested positive after arriving in Christchurch. Dr Fong said the frontline border staff involved with the passengers on this flight had also been tested and they all returned negative results.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 09, 2020 00:33 UTC