25 Jan 2022

Covid-19: Motueka medical centre patients to isolate, but staff won't

From Morning Report, 8:18 am on 25 January 2022

Staff at a Motueka medical centre linked to a suspected Omicron case won't have to isolate.

Patients who were at the clinic during the exposure period will. Those who visited Greenwood Health on Friday between 11.40am to 1.45pm is considered a close contact and should isolate, get tested immediately and again on day five.

Motueka is now home to the largest Omicron cluster in the country, with 11 of 19 cases of the variant. G

reenwood Health clinical manager Naomi Rosamond spoke to Corin Dann.