A positive test result has been returned for emergency department staff member at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital, and the case is currently classified as under investigation.
As a precaution the staff member has been stood down and Public Health staff are investigating.
Middlemore's assessment is the public health risk is low because the staff member was asymptomatic, fully vaccinated, detected through routine testing, wore appropriate PPE while at work, and the individual is reported to have taken all the appropriate precautions once notified.
The Counties Manukau District Health Board reports that the Emergency Department currently remains open.
A DHB member said they learned through a work email at about 4pm that one of their colIeagues had tested positive.
"A lot of people are scared," they said.
The New Zealand Herald understands ED nurses were told they should still go to work, as the person who later tested positive was vigilant and wore PPE when on site.
