There is one new imported case of Covid-19 today, health authorities say, as they chase up their counterparts in Australia about the health of those on board a ship a Covid-positive New Zealander worked on. New Zealand officials are following up with public health officials in Australia about the health of those on board, the Ministry of Health said in a statement today. The Ken Rei, a ship off the coast of Napier with 21 crew on board, was also being looked at. "All the test results returned from close and casual contacts of the case announced on Sunday are negative to date," the Ministry says. New caseThe new imported case is a person arrived on October 7 from Kenya via Dubai before being taken to a managed isolation facility in Auckland.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 19, 2020 21:00 UTC