New Zealand reports first community COVID-19 case in two months

Ashley Bloomfield, the Director-General of Health in New Zealand announced that the country had reported its first coronavirus case outside of a quarantine facility in more than two months. Bloomfield, however, said that there is currently no immediate evidence the virus was spreading in the community. The case was a 56-year-old woman who recently returned from Europe.

New Zealand reports first community COVID-19 case in two months

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