Widespread testing in Auckland now key to ruling out possible undetected COVID-19 outbreak
- Written by Michael Plank, Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury
GettyImagesAs expected, genome sequencing has now confirmed the new community COVID-19 case in Auckland is linked to the Papatoetoe cluster, and is the more infectious B.1.1.7 variant.
When the first cases in this cluster were reported on Feburary 14 Auckland moved to level 3 for just three days. This time, it’s seven days, with the rest of...





