People with Covid-19 symptoms who were in Queenstown at the beginning of the month are being urged to get tested after a visitor to the resort tested positive in South Korea last week. Firstly, it may have been a false positive result - though the second positive test has now ruled that out. If you are offered a test you should take a test," he said. Hipkins said refusing a test could mean the difference between identifying a chain of community transmission or Covid going unnoticed. Data leakThe health ministry has apologised to all Covid patients involved in the privacy breach.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 30, 2020 00:45 UTC