Uncertainty over how latest Covid case reached the community

Published: Feb. 14, 2021, 11:12 p.m.

Anxiety levels are high in Tamaki Makaurau after news three members of the same South Auckland family have tested positive for Covid-19, causing the city to be moved to Alert Level 3. The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, says genomic sequencing shows the latest cases are the more infectious UK variant - but its not linked to any other cases which have crossed New Zealand's border. Siouxsie Wiles is an expert in infectious diseases and spoke to Māni Dunlop.