The final household member of the northern Hauraki house where the remand prisoner stayed has now been tested and results are pending.
An investigation into the epidemiological link (exact route of infection) is ongoing – our working hypothesis being that the individual was infected in Auckland after leaving prison, rather than by someone in the local community where he was staying.
Further tests, including whole genome sequencing of the first close contacts, are due tomorrow. The ongoing investigation from Auckland Regional Public Health is looking to establish epidemiological links to the wider Auckland outbreak, guided by the whole genome sequencing results as they become available.