No new cases in outbreak

There are no new Covid-19 cases in the community linked to the Auckland February cluster but 1236 people have been advised to isolate for two weeks after visiting a Kmart store when a positive case was working.

It was also revealed there was a private home viewing on February 20 at the residence of the three new cases announced on Tuesday.

The real estate agent and three people who attended are awaiting the results of tests. They were contacted on Tuesday.

Two new locations of interest, visited by one of the community cases, were added yesterday. They are Choice Food Bar and Li’l Abners Takeway, both in Papatoetoe’s Great South Rd.

When contacted by Stuff, the owner of Li’l Abners, who gave his name only as Sam, said the virus was ‘‘dead’’.

‘‘The person visited a week ago,’’ he said.

The new cases sparked the reclosure of Papatoetoe High School, requiring all students and staff be retested, and forcing all households connected to the school into a lockdown of sorts.

Staff, customers and household members of retailers Kmart Botany and Dark Vapes face new health measures after the contact categories were reclassified on Wednesday evening.

Customers at Kmart – at least 1236 people – and those at Dark Vapes had been reclassified as close contacts, while staff at both stores were now regarded as ‘‘close plus’’ contacts.

As of yesterday morning, officials had identified 1525 contacts at Papatoetoe High School and 1100 had been tested, Stuff earlier reported.

Three new cases in managed isolation were announced yesterday, from the United Arab Emirates, Papua New Guinea and Mexico.