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Waikato Respiratory Virus Report 2021 Week 37

21 09 2021

Four cases of COVID-19 have been found in the Upper Hauraki community, acquired directly from a case who had travelled from Auckland.

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Waikato Respiratory Virus Report 2021 Week 36

14 09 2021

Rhinovirus and Parainfluenzavirus 3 are still circulating despite recent Level 4 and 3 lockdowns.   Waikato Respiratory Virus Report 2021 09 14      

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Waikato Respiratory Virus Report 2021 week 34

03 09 2021

We still have no COVID and RSV continues to decline. This report includes information on the timing of past years' influenza seasons.

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Waikato Respiratory Virus Report 2021 Week 33

24 08 2021

Having tested 13933 samples, we can have high confidence that SARS-CoV-2 is not circulating in the Waikato or Coromandel.

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Interim Respiratory Virus Report 21 August 2021

21 08 2021

Since the last report, we have recognised a COVID outbreak and are currently partway through defining its extent and controlling it. Interim respiratory virus report 21 Aug 2021

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