New Zealand authorities are investigating whether the country’s first locally acquired cases of Covid-19 in more than 100 days were spread by refrigerated freight imported from overseas.
Officials are looking into the sudden emergence of Covid-19 in four family members in Auckland, the nation’s biggest city. One of the four, who tested positive this week, worked at a cold storage facility that is now being tested for traces of the virus.
“We do know from studies overseas that actually, the virus can survive in some refrigerated environments for quite some time,” said Ashley Bloomfield, director-general of health. “We are confident we didn’t have any community transmission for a very long period.”
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