Ministry confirms new 'historical' covid case at Port of Tauranga

Ministry confirms new 'historical' covid case at Port of Tauranga
Brent Melville
The Ministry of Health has now confirmed it detected a "historical case" of covid-19 in a crew member onboard the Singaporean registered IVS Merlion over the weekend, currently docked in the Port of Tauranga.The disclosure, late this afternoon, followed an inquiry by BusinessDesk.The ministry had said earlier in the day that there were "no new cases of covid-19 to report in New Zealand today – that’s zero at the border, and zero in the community", despite knowledge of the Tauranga infection being known and widely...

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