Earlier today, the Ministry of Health confirmed a fourth positive test for COVID-19 in New Zealand.
This positive result is for a New Zealand citizen in his 30s, the partner of the second case announced earlier this week.
Immediate details of the case history of the Auckland couple, who recently arrived home from northern Italy, were outlined on Tuesday.
Contact tracing is underway for this individual and close contacts are already in self-isolation.
This man is already in self-isolation at home and has been since Wednesday. He has appropriate clinical support from public health and district health board staff.
Self-isolation at home is an appropriate response for people with mild to moderate symptoms and is recognised by the World Health Organization. He doesn’t require hospital level care and neither does anyone else in the family home.
We can advise that this confirmed case attended the Tool concert at Spark Arena in Auckland last Friday night, 28th February, when he may have been infectious.
