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'Workplace, tamariki and a school' among testing sites in Marton Covid-19 outbreak

By Moana Ellis
Moana is a Local Democracy Reporter based in Whanganui·Whanganui Chronicle·
16 Feb, 2022 01:12 AM2 mins to read

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Memorial Hall on Wellington Rd in Marton. Photo / Supplied

Memorial Hall on Wellington Rd in Marton. Photo / Supplied

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Eleven new Covid-19 cases have been found in the rural Rangitīkei area of Marton, bringing the number of active cases in the Marton outbreak to 20.

The 11 new cases are linked to five discovered over the weekend, and four further cases on Tuesday.

Public health units have been testing contacts in the Marton cluster, including at a workplace and a school.

The district health board is refusing to identify the sites and no locations of interest have been released.

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The Rangitīkei township has a population of about 5,200.

A further active case is isolating in Whanganui, with an earlier Whanganui case now recovered. The total number of active cases in the Whanganui District Health Board area is 21.

The Whanganui DHB said the Marton cases were all connected and most were household or close contacts.

"Public Health is dealing with the task of testing all who have a connection to the active cases. This is a very time-consuming task and involves a workplace, tamariki and a school," the DHB said in a social media statement.

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"Public interest does not outweigh the right to privacy that these places and people need, and are guaranteed by the Health Privacy Act, while they are taken through the steps of testing, self-isolating and managing their new illness.

"All who may be connected with these cases have been contacted and are in the process of being tested. More information will be released in the coming days.

"The active cases have teams in place to help them through this challenging time."

The DHB said that with the change to Phase 2 of the Omicron outbreak, locations of interest would no longer be reported. However, new locations were still being added to the Ministry of Health locations of interest web page this morning.

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