NZ confirms five new cases of COVID-19

WELLINGTON, Sept 02 (Xinhua): New Zealand confirmed five new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, including two in managed isolation facilities and three community cases.

The three community cases are all epidemiologically linked to the Mount Roskill Evangelical Church, which has been genomically linked to the larger Auckland cluster. All were already identified as close contacts and in self-isolation, according to the Ministry of Health.

Both imported cases were detected in managed isolation facilities at the Rydges in Rotorua via routine testing around day 3, said a ministry statement.

Wednesday's first imported case is a woman in her 30s who arrived from Dubai on Aug. 28, it said.

The second case is a child who arrived from Uzbekistan via Dubai on Aug. 28. Both cases have been transferred to the Auckland quarantine facility along with people in their bubble, it added.