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    coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Update23 Sep, 2020
    Last edited: 28 Sep, 2023, 8:02 PM

    A historical coronavirus diagnosis has uncovered what's believed to be the true first Covid-19 case in New Zealand

    The case came about after a person returned from Italy, before the country was identified as a coronavirus hotspot.

    "This infection occurred in late February following exposure to an infected person from Italy," the Ministry of Health said.

     "At the time the family member was visiting New Zealand, they became ill with symptoms consistent with Covid-19, and the wider household then also became ill.

    "At the time, they did not meet the case definition for testing for people with defined symptoms who had travelled from or transited through China. Italy had not at that point been identified as a country of concern. This meant the New Zealand household was not tested at the time."

    The diagnosis was discovered after a man recently developed a sore throat and sought testing. His weak positive result and serology test results and case history indicated an old infection of the virus.

    NZ Herald

    Covid 19 coronavirus: New Zealand's real first case revealed

    Covid-19 first came to our shores from Italy in late February.
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