Wake Up Call: Capital covid visit

Wake Up Call: Capital covid visit
Wellington had an unwelcome visitor last weekend (Image: DepositPhotos)
Staff reporters
Summary It was a dramatic few hours while most Kiwis were getting some shut eye. The bubble with New South Wales shut at midnight, with the news that a person with covid-19 travelled to Wellington last weekend. ASB showgrounds shut and went into liquidation abruptly last night, giving staff at Webb’s auction house 24 hours to remove and find somewhere to store millions of dollars worth of classic cars.Testing testing Authorities are scrambling to set up testing stations and identify locations in Wellington that were visited by a pers...

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