New Zealand records its first COVID-19 case in community in six months

The last reported community case of COVID-19 in New Zealand was in February this year. Currently, the island country has 43 active cases.

New Delhi: New Zealand on Tuesday (August 17, 2021) confirmed its first positive case of COVID-19 in the community since February. The case has been identified in the country's largest city of Auckland.  The New Zealand health ministry in a press statement said that a link between the case and the border or managed isolation is yet to be established. "The Auckland Regional Public Health unit is undertaking interviews with the case for contact tracing purposes. While we collect more specific information, all New Zealanders are reminded of the basic public health measures of mask-wearing and hand washing," the health ministry added.