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The Ministry of Health has confirmed a Covid-19 case had been visiting a residence inside a retirement village in Tauranga.
One News understands the case, the son of a resident at Ocean Shores Village in Mount Maunganui, works at Tauranga Hospital.
It also reported the man was fully vaccinatedand his mother had received one dose of the vaccine.
The Bay of Plenty Times approached Ocean Shores Village manager Clare Eccles with questions about the reported case and she responded with an email from the ministry.
"The Ministry of Health can confirm a known Covid-19 case that had been visiting a residence at Retirement Village in Tauranga," the ministry response said.
Four cases were linked to existing cases in Mount Maunganui. Investigations were under way into any possible links between the remaining case and any known cases.
Meanwhile, additional pop-up testing locations have been set up in Bay of Plenty for this week.
Tauranga:
• Mount Maunganui Sports Centre (Corner of Maunganui & Hull Rds) - 10am-4pm Tuesday • Tauranga Racecourse - 10am–4pm Tuesday, Thursday and Friday • Tauranga Central (100 First Avenue Drive-through accessed via carpark next to Noel Leeming on Second Ave) - 8am–4pm Tuesday to Friday • Baypark (81 Truman Lane, Mount Maunganui) 11am-6pm Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Whakatāne District:
• Med Central Portacom, 52B King St, Whakatāne - 10am–4pm, Tuesday–Friday