<p>New Zealand confirmed a new community case of Covid-19 Sunday, two weeks after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared that the South Pacific nation had "beat the virus again".</p>.<p>Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said the latest case involved a port-side worker who returned a positive test on Saturday afternoon.</p>.<p>"Because the person was tested on the day he was developing symptoms, the Ministry of Health was able to self-isolate close contacts," Bloomfield said.</p>.<p>He was potentially infectious as early as Wednesday, October 14.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-india-world-Covid-19-vaccine-bengaluru-karnataka-mumbai-maharashtra-chennai-tamil-nadu-delhi-kerala-uttar-pradesh-west-bengal-kolkata-cases-deaths-recoveries-health-ministry-Oxford-903529" target="_blank"><strong>For latest updates on Coronavirus outbreak, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>The announcement came a day after Ardern's Labour Party won a landslide election victory, with her government's handling of the pandemic widely credited as a factor.</p>.<p>Ahead of the vote, Ardern -- whose party won 64 seats in the 120-seat parliament -- had dubbed it "the Covid election".</p>.<p>She campaigned on her government's success in eliminating community transmission of the virus, which has caused just 25 deaths in a population of five million.</p>.<p>New Zealand declared in May it has beaten community coronavirus transmission, although a new cluster emerged in Auckland in August forcing the country's largest city back into lockdown for several weeks.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/new-zealands-jacinda-ardern-a-victory-forged-in-crisis-903262.html" target="_blank">New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern: A victory forged in crisis</a></strong></p>
<p>New Zealand confirmed a new community case of Covid-19 Sunday, two weeks after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared that the South Pacific nation had "beat the virus again".</p>.<p>Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said the latest case involved a port-side worker who returned a positive test on Saturday afternoon.</p>.<p>"Because the person was tested on the day he was developing symptoms, the Ministry of Health was able to self-isolate close contacts," Bloomfield said.</p>.<p>He was potentially infectious as early as Wednesday, October 14.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-india-world-Covid-19-vaccine-bengaluru-karnataka-mumbai-maharashtra-chennai-tamil-nadu-delhi-kerala-uttar-pradesh-west-bengal-kolkata-cases-deaths-recoveries-health-ministry-Oxford-903529" target="_blank"><strong>For latest updates on Coronavirus outbreak, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>The announcement came a day after Ardern's Labour Party won a landslide election victory, with her government's handling of the pandemic widely credited as a factor.</p>.<p>Ahead of the vote, Ardern -- whose party won 64 seats in the 120-seat parliament -- had dubbed it "the Covid election".</p>.<p>She campaigned on her government's success in eliminating community transmission of the virus, which has caused just 25 deaths in a population of five million.</p>.<p>New Zealand declared in May it has beaten community coronavirus transmission, although a new cluster emerged in Auckland in August forcing the country's largest city back into lockdown for several weeks.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/new-zealands-jacinda-ardern-a-victory-forged-in-crisis-903262.html" target="_blank">New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern: A victory forged in crisis</a></strong></p>