Locals in the Waikato town of Te Awamutu are being urged to get tested for Covid-19 after traces of the virus were found in a wastewater sample for the second time this week.
The Ministry of Health is calling on anyone in the area who has flu-like symptoms to get to a testing station immediately in a bid to find the source of the positive sample.
"The Ministry of Health has been advised by ESR of a second Covid-19 positive detection in wastewater from a sample taken from Te Awamutu on Wednesday," the ministry said in a statement late this morning.
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