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Rhinoviruses, seasonal coronaviruses and adenoviruses are present but Influenza, RSV and SARS-CoV-2 are not circulating in the Waikato. Thank you for continuing to send in swabs for COVID-19 testing.
Read MoreIt’s summer season for viruses already and we are seeing just a few rhinovirus and adenovirus. Waikato Respiratory Virus Report 2020 10 27
Read MoreInfluenza and RSV remain absent but there has been a rebound in diversity of other respiratory viruses since the return to Alert level 1. Waikato Respiratory Virus Report 2020 10 16
Read MoreSpecimen numbers for routine testing continue to decline. 1901 samples were tested for SARS-CoV-2 over the week ended Sunday 4 October and there were no positives from the Waikato community.
Read MoreInfluenza and RSV seem unlikely to cause seasonal epidemics this year. Rhinoviruses have reappeared after an absence during the recent COVID-19 oriented level 2 precautions.
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