Wellington is on high-alert after a traveller from Sydney, who visited the captial at the weekend, tested positive for Covid-19 on their return to Australia.
Late last night, New South Wales Health issued an alert identifying passengers on two flights between Sydney and Wellington as close contacts. T
he flights were Qantas QF-163, which left Sydney on Friday 18 June and landed in Wellington just after midnight on Saturday 19 June and Air New Zealand NZ-247, which left Wellington on the morning of Monday 21 June.
Any passengers on those flights have been asked to isolate immediately and call healthline for more information.
The Director-General of Health, Ashley Bloomfield, told Morning Report health workers are currently collating any places of interest in Wellington, and those should be released this morning.
Wellington mayor Andy Foster spoke to Corin Dann.
