The Ministry of health has confirmed that we have a positive case of Covid-19 located on the Peninsula in Thames.

Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki is providing services with a pop up testing facility now available at Rhodes Park in Thames. The testing centre will remain open today till 7pm and will reopen at 9am tomorrow morning. Anybody who is a close contact of the positive case or has symptoms should go to be tested as soon as possible.

The announcement of the Thames case comes on a day when the virus has continued to spread throughout the North Island with cases announced in Tauranga, Mt Maunganui and Palmerston North today.

A short while ago Rex Simpson spoke to Riana Manuel from Te Korowai about the first positive case on the Peninsula. You can here the interview here.

More details as they come to hand.