New Zealand reported two new cases of COVID-19 in the community linked to a port worker who tested positive over the weekend, and 23 imported cases.
Most of the imported cases are linked to a group of Russian and Ukrainian fishermen who were staying at a managed isolation facility in Christchurch, the Director General of health, Ashley Bloomfield, said.
This takes New Zealand's total confirmed cases to 1,556, he said.
(Reporting by Praveen Menon; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
