New Zealand Government "Tracking Contact Routes of Confirmed Cases Moving from New Zealand to Korea"

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Hyunjin] On the 28th, the New Zealand government announced that a person who arrived in Korea from New Zealand tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), and that they are tracing and investigating people who had contact with the confirmed case.

According to Radio New Zealand (RNZ), the New Zealand Ministry of Health stated that they traced the contact route of the person who tested positive after arriving in Korea and requested self-isolation for some individuals. Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health, revealed that the confirmed case is a woman in her 20s who entered New Zealand on the 14th after traveling from Afghanistan via Dubai. This woman departed from Christchurch, New Zealand on the 21st, transited through Singapore, and arrived in Korea on the 22nd.

Chris Hipkins, Minister of Health, said that all recent confirmed cases in New Zealand have been people who entered from overseas and are currently housed in quarantine or isolation facilities, and that there is no evidence of community transmission yet. Minister Hipkins noted that the individual who tested positive in Korea showed no symptoms and arrived in Korea on the 22nd, testing positive. He added that since this appears to be a rapid diagnosis result, they will monitor subsequent test results.

He also stated that the person traveled from Auckland to Christchurch on a domestic flight on the 20th to board the flight to Korea, and that they are tracing others who were on the same flight. The New Zealand government also said that it cannot be ruled out that the woman was infected during her 14-hour layover in Singapore, the transit point, after leaving New Zealand.

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