WELLINGTON, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand reported four new cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation since the last media statement on Jan. 5. There are no new cases in the community.
Of the new border cases, one is historical and arrived from Britain via Singapore. This person is in the facility in Hamilton, according to the Ministry of Health on Thursday.
The other three cases arrived from Britain and all are in Auckland quarantine facilities, said a ministry statement.
One previously reported case has now recovered. Two previously reported cases have been reclassified as Under-Investigation and removed from the total. The total number of active cases in New Zealand is 62, and the total number of confirmed cases is 1,832, it said.
After a whole genome sequencing as part of New Zealand's overall elimination strategy, the Ministry of Health said it can confirm that an additional two cases of COVID-19 have been found to match the recently identified variant of COVID-19 in Britain. Both arrived from Britain via the United Arab Emirates and Malaysia.
This brings the total number of variant cases sequenced in New Zealand to eight, the statement said. Enditem
