There are no new cases of Covid-19 in the Top of the South today.
Nelson Marlborough Health medical officer of health, Dr Stephen Bridgman says the numbers remain at 13 active cases (12 confirmed, 1 probable).
He says 636 Covid-19 tests were carried out across Nelson and Marlborough on Monday.
“I’m still concerned there may be undetected cases. Testing will give us the greatest chance of detecting any undetected cases and controlling the outbreak.”
449 tests were carried out over the weekend with 277 on Sunday and 172 on Saturday.
Community-Based Assessment Centres (CBAC) testing stations remain active in Motueka and Nelson. Testing is also available from primary care, after-hours medical centres or iwi health providers. Please remember to phone ahead as you may be able to be tested from your car without the need to enter the building.
Vaccination rates surpassed 3000 on Monday across Nelson and Marlborough with 2596 adult doses and 621 paediatric doses administered.
Over the weekend there were 2001 adult and 781 paediatric doses given
NMH chief executive Lexie O’Shea says vaccination capacity has increased in response to Omicron.
This includes a number of kaupapa Māori, marae-based clinics and increasing pharmacy and general practice offering.
The operating hours of the Nelson and Richmond sites have been extended to 8pm, giving people more time to get vaccinated outside of traditional work hours.
We are grateful for the kindness being shown to our frontline teams who are working under pressure to safely and methodically service walk-in and booked vaccinations.
Supported Isolation and Quarantine
“In Phase one, where we have up to 1000 cases a day or less in New Zealand, we continue to slow the spread of the virus through contact tracing, isolation and testing,” Lexie says.
NMH coordinates the supported isolation programme (SIP) ensuring people are able to safely isolate in a home environment. This includes supported isolation and quarantine (SIQ) for people who may not be able to isolate in their own home.
These are not MIQ facilities and could be motels, campervans or houses. Someone isolating in one of these facilities will receive the same health and welfare support as someone who is isolating in their own home.
Any facility that is used for alternative isolation accommodation will have infection prevention measures in place.
“As part of the isolation planning that was done in advance, accommodation was assessed and chosen based the facilities ability to enable effective infection prevention measures,” Lexie says.
