Delta in New Zealand

[url]https://twitter.com/hendysh/status/1427476864092708864[/url] or https://twitter.com/hendysh/status/1427476864092708864 ;

We will learn a lot more about this case over the next 24hrs, but for now us Aucklanders should assume we've been exposed. Mask up on the way home tonight and if you've had any symptoms get a test.

DJ Unclear how the spread in Auckland started...[url]https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-data-and-statistics/covid-19-current-cases[/url] or https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-data-and-statistics/covid-19-current-cases ;

(Hoped to find more info...) [url]https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/covid-19-new-zealand-first-community-case-6-months-february-2117616[/url] or https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/covid-19-new-zealand-first-community-case-6-months-february-2117616 ; 

WELLINGTON: New Zealand recorded its first locally transmitted case of COVID-19 in six months on Tuesday (Aug 17), sparking efforts to trace the origins of the infection as officials pondered a response.

The health department said the case was identified in Auckland, the country's largest city, adding "a link between the case and the border or managed isolation is yet to be established".

Bad news !

Just hope they have been Quick enough....

Take care all 😷😉💉

[url]https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-coronavirus-delta-outbreak-auckland-location-of-interest-goes-back-two-weeks-lockdown-length-hinges-on-test-results-on-nsw-border-link/SZDNUY5VYAYHTBXZC5RMJ3R2MY/[/url] or https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-coronavirus-delta-outbreak-auckland-location-of-interest-goes-back-two-weeks-lockdown-length-hinges-on-test-results-on-nsw-border-link/SZDNUY5VYAYHTBXZC5RMJ3R2MY/ ; 

The Delta variant may have been in the New Zealand community more than two weeks ago, with a "remarkable" and "worrying" new location of interest from August 3.

New Zealand's level-4 lockdown was sparked after a positive test was returned by a Devonport man on Tuesday this week - officials deemed the man had been infectious since Thursday last week.

But eatery Sumthin Dumplin in Auckland's city centre has been pinged as a location of interest for one of New Zealand's now 10 Delta cases from Tuesday, August 3.

Otago University epidemiologist Michael Baker told Newstalk ZB the new date was remarkable - and very worrying.

He said a more complex picture was emerging - of who was really the first case and who passed the virus to whom.

August 3 "really pushes back the start of this outbreak," Baker said. "It is a more complex picture that is emerging here."

DJ...It looks like Delta had around two weeks to spread...Not good-maybe not showing up yet in sewage water samples is "good news"...