Health officials are urging Northlanders to get tested after the second woman tests positive. Photo / Tania Whyte
Health officials are urging Northlanders to get tested after the second woman tests positive. Photo / Tania Whyte
The travelling companion of the first Northland case has tested positive for Covid-19.
The woman was located by police in West Auckland last night and has been transferred to an MIQ facility.
She is being interviewed and any new locations of interest in Auckland and Northland will be posted onthe Ministry of Health website as they become available.
The ministry also corrected the number of close contacts from 19 to 18 after an entry error.
Contact tracers have made contact with 17 of these individuals, one of whom is the travelling companion and four who are household contacts.