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SARS-CoV-2 testing has been very active in the Waikato over the past 2 weeks, after a new cluster was found in Auckland and some cases had already travelled to the Waikato.
Read MoreWe tested a large number of samples for SARS-CoV-2 from Thursday last week onwards.
Read MoreRespiratory viral diversity has been bottlenecked during the COVID level 3 and 4 shutdown and has not yet recovered. Influenza and RSV remain absent.
Read MoreInfluenza A and RSV remain absent. A few weakly positive SARS-CoV-2 results have been found in travellers in managed isolation facilities.
Read MoreRespiratory virus testing numbers have fallen off. Ther is some rhinovirus around, but no Influenza, RSV or SARS-CoV-2. Waikato Respiratory Virus Report 2020 07 14
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