The New Zealand Ministry of Health on Dec. 29 confirmed that a border-related case of the Omicron variant had been active in the community of its most populated city for a brief period from Dec. 26 to Dec. 27.
The individual tested positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 27, after self-isolating for nine days. However he did not wait for a negative test result before leaving the self-isolation site, according to a Ministry of Health spokesperson who spoke to the NZ Herald.
