Two more UK variant COVID-19 cases in NZ

COVID-19

Two more UK variant COVID-19 cases in NZ

By Priteshni Nand

08/01/2021

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There were four new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand in the last two days and two of the cases are linked to the new strain of COVID-19 recently identified in the UK.

Radio NZ reports the NZ Ministry of Health says the two individuals tested with new variant of COVID-19 arrived from the United Kingdom via the United Arab Emirates and Malaysia.

This brings the total number of UK variant COVID-19 cases to 8 in New Zealand.

The total number of active COVID-19 cases in New Zealand is 62.

1,426,787 tests have been done in the country to date.

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