• One historical case of Covid-19 in managed isolation

One historical case of Covid-19 in managed isolation

There is one historical case of Covid-19 in managed isolation today, the Ministry of Health has revealed.

Historical cases are not considered to be currently infectious.

There are no new cases in the community.

Today's one new case arrived in New Zealand on February 8 from the US. The infection was picked up as a result of day 0 testing.

Five previously reported cases have now recovered. One previously reported case has been reclassified as under investigation.

The total number of active cases in New Zealand is now 54 and the total number of confirmed cases is 1,968.

The total number of tests processed by laboratories to date is 1,573,692.

On Wednesday laboratories processed 5,740 tests.

The seven-day rolling average up to yesterday is 3,837 tests processed.

Advice on vaccine suitability

There’s ongoing interest around who is able to receive the vaccine. Patients receiving the following therapies should get advice from their specialist before receiving the Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. This includes those receiving pembrolizumab (Keytruda), nivolumab (Opdivo), ipilimumab (Yervoy), atezolizumab (Tecentriq).

The Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is also suitable for use in immunocompromised individuals.

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