"The SDHB asks anyone with cold or flu like symptoms, no matter how mild, to get tested for Covid-19 and isolate at home until a negative test result is returned.
"The most common early symptoms of the Omicron variant is a sore or scratchy throat, and a runny nose. If you have these symptoms, please get tested as soon as possible."
The release said the Dunedin case was isolating at home, and the variant had not been confirmed.