31 Aug 2020

Testing encouraged in Tokoroa following another positive case

From Midday Report, 12:42 pm on 31 August 2020

People in Tokoroa with Covid-like symptoms are being encouraged to get tested, after a doctor there was among the two positive cases confirmed yesterday.

Health officials have so far been unable to pin down exactly how the transmission happened.

The Waikato DHB now has two testing sites operating in the town.

Te Aniwa Hurihanganui spoke with the South Waikato mayor, Jenny Shattock.