ANALYSIS: The discovery of a sub-cluster of infections related to a "bereavement event" could extend the long tail of the Auckland cold store cluster, Marc Daalder reportsDirector-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has said officials are on "orange" alert after the discovery of a new "sub-cluster" of Covid-19 cases in Auckland. The sub-cluster has been caught much earlier than its parent church cluster, which could make this easier. Although the first potential infection event in the Mt Roskill church cluster occurred on August 7, officials didn't identify it until nearly three weeks later. If officials are quick enough, they can identify any other instances of transmission and isolate those too, stopping the sub-cluster from swelling in size like the church cluster has. If the sub-cluster isn't isolated quickly enough, however, we could see a repeat of the church cluster.

Source: Stuff September 09, 2020 17:26 UTC