To date, 93 per cent of eligible people in New Zealand have had their first dose and 88 per cent are fully vaccinated. There were 24,913 total vaccine doses administered yesterday, including 4,571 first doses and 10,652 second doses. Southern has also become the fifth DHB in New Zealand to be 90 per cent fully vaccinated, reaching this key milestone early this morning. Testing and vaccination centre locations nationwide can be found on the Healthpoint website. Your DHB or local health provider will have plenty of opportunities to make this happen. “If you are not vaccinated, now is the time, as vaccination is your number one defence against Covid-19. Please remain isolated until you return a negative test result. “We are continuing to ask anyone in New Zealand with symptoms – no matter how mild – to get tested, even if you’re vaccinated.

Testing details around the DHB region are on the Healthpoint website. “We would like to remind people of the importance of getting a test, especially if you were at or around the location of interest at the time or generally if you have any symptoms, no matter how mild they maybe.”

There are 66 people in hospital with the virus today, with seven of these being in ICU or HDU units. Out of an abundance of caution, the Ministry of Health has published one location of interest. Public health staff are currently awaiting serology results for the person. This person returned an initial weak positive test and a second test has returned a negative result. There is also a border case currently under investigation in the Southern DHB area. There are no new cases to report in Lakes, Hawke’s Bay, MidCentral, Whanganui or Canterbury. There are 74 cases in Auckland, 10 in the Waikato, eight in the Bay of Plenty one in Taranaki and five in Nelson Marlborough. Including the eight Bay of Plenty cases, there are 98 community cases of Covid-19 throughout New Zealand today. There are eight cases to report in the Bay of Plenty today, all of which are in the Tauranga area.Ī Ministry of Health spokesperson says all of the eight cases are household contacts of previously confirmed cases and some were already in isolation.īay of Plenty DHB is finalising details for additional testing in the region and updated locations and times will be available on the Healthpoint website.

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