PHOTO: ODT FILESA Dunedin rest home is in lockdown because of a Covid-19 outbreak. Residents at North East Valley care facility Ross Home will not have any general visitors after a recent outbreak of the virus. Ross Home offers hospital level care with a secure psychogeriatric unit and is home to 124 residents. Yesterday, RNZ reported a virus modeller showed New Zealand would see a "significant" wave of Covid-19 as winter approaches. The number of people in hospital with the virus had doubled to 240 from 120 in the past couple of weeks.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 24, 2024 18:37 UTC