There are no new community Covid-19 cases in New Zealand, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said.
Some Auckland testing centres were met with strong demand today after three new community cases of Covid-19 were reported yesterday.
More than 600 people were tested at Papatoetoe High School yesterday and hundreds more today.
Newstalk ZB's William Terite spoke to a father outside the school this morning who saidhe was bringing his son in for a test to ensure his family was safe and to do their bit for the community.
The queue for Covid-19 testing at the Ōtara covid testing site at 12.30pm. Photo / South Seas Healthcare
They are all household contacts. One is a recent school-leaver who works at Kmart Botany, which is now a location of interest.
Director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said today it's "business as usual" with no community cases and there was no evidence that would lead him to advise Cabinet to raise alert levels.
Bloomfield said yesterday's news of new cases was "unsettling" but the Government's contact tracing system was working well.
Terite was at the Botany Covid-19 testing at midday today, where he said there were at least 60 vehicles in the queue.
