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A staff member at CHT Amberlea in Algies Bay was confirmed as a positive Covid-19 case last night (August 26).
In a release on the CHT website, chief executive Carriann Hall says the staff member is a household contact of a confirmed Covid-19 case and went into precautionary self-isolation earlier this week. She says the rest home will be conducting surveillance testing for all staff and residents via a mobile testing unit.
“Staff members who have been working closely with the positive staff member have gone into self-isolation and will only return to work once cleared by Public Health,” her message said. “We are working to ensure we have adequate staffing levels to continue to take care of all our residents.”
Residents who were close contacts of the staff member are currently being identified by Public Health and will go into precautionary isolation.
This is the second case confirmed in Warkworth this week. The other case is linked to one of the large Auckland clusters, but the Ministry of Health has not released any further details. As at 10am this morning, there were no locations of interest in Warkworth.
