
Private school on high alert after ball held at Te Papa
Attendees are considered casual plus contacts of the infected traveller, school says.
Attendees are considered casual plus contacts of the infected traveller, school says.
Events from Auckland through to Wellington are being postponed and impacted.
Up to 2500 people were visiting Te Papa at the same time as the Sydney Covid case.
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Wellington region will move to alert level 2 from 6pm today until 11.59pm on Sunday.
Kiwis are now facing an extended stay in New South Wales as its Covid cases keep rising.
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins announces that the Wellington region will move to Alert Level 2 starting at 6pm Wednesday. Video / Mark Mitchell
PM Jacinda Ardern told media the Government is taking a cautious approach shifting the Wellington region into Alert Level 2. Video / Mark Mitchell
The list of potential exposure sites in the Capital has grown to 14.
Experts have suggested Wellington move to indoor mandatory-masking amid Covid-19 scare.
Staff from a government agency have been sent home today.
The Delta variant that may be in NZ spreads faster and has a higher hospitalisation rate.
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Authorities warn new mutation of Delta variant is spreading fast and is even more deadly.
'I think we need to face reality here ... the next [pandemic] could come at any time.'
Nine hundred people were due to attend tonight's Sport and Recreation Awards at TSB Arena.
Microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles also advised people to wear a mask out and about.
Director general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield told Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking the Ministry is "assuming they were infectious in Wellington". Video / Newstalk ZB
Contact tracers have contacted thousands of people who arrived from NSW recently.
Possible exposure sites in the capital city have not yet been released.
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NSW recorded 10 new community cases today - including one not linked to the Bondi cluster.
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One of the new cases - a school student - isn't linked to the existing cluster.
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