Family and support people are now the only visitors allowed into the Aspiring Lifestyle Retirement Village in Wanaka after a staff member tested positive for the Covid-19 virus on Friday. Managing director Aaron Armstrong said the staff member was tested on March 26 when a close contact of their spouse received a positive test result on the same day. The staff member left the village at lunchtime on Wednesday, March 25 in preparation for the nationwide lockdown and has not returned since, he said. All staff were advised of the positive test on Friday and any staff that may have been in close contact with the positive staff member were sent home that day to isolate themselves were not returning to the village. Residents were advised on Saturday, only one resident was deemed to be a close contact and they were isolated like everyone else in the village, Mr Armstrong said.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 30, 2020 07:41 UTC