COVID-19 :
New Zealand is one of the countries in the world that is fighting the coronavirus pandemic more effectively. The ocean nation has been forceful in its actions and has achieved keep the disease under control to the point of eradicating it practically within its borders. So much that the last communal contagion recorded in the country was two months ago.
But that situation ended after the positive of a 56-year-old woman was confirmed. This person traveled to Europe for four months for professional reasons, in particular for Spain and Holland, and on his return, which took place by plane via London and Singapore on December 30, a 14 day quarantine in an Auckland hotel, where he gave negative twice in screening tests.
Due to these results and the fact that he had no symptoms, the woman ended her isolation on January 13 to return with her husband, with whom she took a trip through the southern Northland region, as detailed by The Guardian. COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said all necessary steps are being taken to isolate contagion and trace contacts and that more details on what happened will be known in the coming days.
Symptoms after quarantine ends
According to the authorities, the woman began to suffer mild symptoms two days after quarantine ends, including muscle pain, although due to the negative results of the two tests she had undergone, she did not initially suspect that she was infected with the coronavirus. However, he decided retest and stay home while waiting for the result, which was ultimately positive.
South African variant
Health officials praised his behavior for this fact and because recorded their movements in a contagion tracking application, action that allowed to know the places where he went and the contacts he was able to maintain. The Health Ministry said his case was caused by the South African strain, one of the new variants of the coronavirus, considered more contagious, and the source of infection is most likely another person who has returned to the country.
New Zealand, which has registered since the start of the pandemic around 2,280 positive cases and 25 deaths linked to COVID-19, has been praised on several occasions for its success in containing the disease.
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