More than 2.2 million doses of COVID Wax given in New Zealand

More than 2.2 million doses of the COVID vaccine have been given in New Zealand, including 1.38 million first and 820,000 second doses. The Ministry of Health gave this information on Monday.

Ministry data shows that a total of 20,209 doses were given on Sunday. Of them, 15,601 people were given the first dose and 4,608 were given the second dose.

New Zealand recently reported two new cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation facilities and no new cases in the community.

Two new external cases have come from Iraq and remain in managed isolation and quarantine facilities in Auckland.

Also on Monday, 11 of the 21 crew aboard the Rio de la Plata ship, currently at sea off the coast of Tauranga, tested positive for the virus.

It is likely that at least some of the 11 crew are active cases of COVID-19 and the results of further testing, which are expected today, will help determine how many of the crew have historical cases, the ministry said. are no longer contagious.

All the personnel on board the aircraft are said to be healthy without any symptoms. The ship is linked to a COVID-19 case in an Australian pilot who was on board the ship in Queensland, Australia in July before testing positive for the disease nine days later.

It added that the pilot has been confirmed to be a Delta variant and has not been linked to any other case in Queensland.

Ten previously reported cases have now been cured, taking the number of active cases to 36 and the total number of confirmed cases to 2,534, a statement said. The seven-day rolling average of new cases detected at the border is two.