{"id":317890,"date":"2021-09-19T22:34:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T22:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?p=63750"},"modified":"2021-09-19T22:34:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T22:34:45","slug":"three-new-nz-breakout-covid-cases-in-waikato-include-two-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/09\/19\/three-new-nz-breakout-covid-cases-in-waikato-include-two-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Three new NZ \u2018breakout\u2019 covid cases in Waikato include two students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/\"><em>RNZ News<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A testing centre is being set up at a marae in New Zealand&#8217;s Waikato settlement of Kaiaua today after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/451839\/three-new-cases-in-waikato-connected-to-remand-prisoner\">three community cases of covid-19 were confirmed in the region<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They are household members of a man with the virus who is in remand at Mount Eden prison in Auckland.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Health said two of the cases went to Mangatangi School and one had symptoms while there.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?s=NZ+covid+lockdown\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> Other NZ covid lockdown reports<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/451860\/live-covid-19-updates-for-20-september-cabinet-decides-on-alert-levels-today\">RNZ covid live updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The National M\u0101ori Pandemic Group says the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/451855\/waikato-should-join-auckland-in-level-4-maori-health-expert-group\">new cases mean Cabinet must keep Auckland at level 4 and include Waikato<\/a>, and wants the upper North Island in level 3 as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p>Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki says drive-in swabbing will be done at Wharekawa Marae in Whakat\u012bwai.<\/p>\n<p>The government is due to announce any possible alert level changes this afternoon and it is unclear how the development in Waikato will affect its decision.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Irresponsible,&#8217; says mayor<\/strong><br \/>\nWaikato District Mayor Allan Sanson said the prisoner should never have been bailed outside Auckland to the area where cases of covid-19 have now been discovered.<\/p>\n<p>The prisoner spent more than a week there on electronically-monitored bail.<\/p>\n<p>The infections were discovered after the man returned to prison in Auckland and tested positive for the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Sanson t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/451880\/bailing-prisoner-outside-region-totally-irresponsible-waikato-district-mayor\">old RNZ<i> Morning Report <\/i><\/a>it was &#8220;totally irresponsible&#8221; to send a prisoner on bail outside the lockdown boundary and into the small community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There needs to be questions asked as to why it actually happened,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would have thought if you were bailing somebody you would have bailed them into Auckland, and not out of the Auckland area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They don&#8217;t let anyone else out of Auckland into a level 2 area without them having tests now, so what&#8217;s the difference with this? This person&#8217;s been in the community for well over a week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>This article is republished under a community partnership agreement with RNZ.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\"><br>\r\nThis content originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/2021\/09\/20\/three-new-nz-breakout-covid-cases-in-waikato-include-two-students\/\" >Asia Pacific Report<\/a> and was authored by APR editor.  <br><\/p>\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2021\/09\/19\/three-new-nz-breakout-covid-cases-in-waikato-include-two-students\/\">Radio Free<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RNZ News A testing centre is being set up at a marae in New Zealand\u2019s Waikato settlement of Kaiaua today after three community cases of covid-19 were confirmed in the region. They are household members of a man with the virus who is in remand at Mount Eden prison in Auckland. 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