UPDATED: 19 & 20 February Locations of Interest and required actions
For contact tracing purposes, anyone who attended one of the locations listed here during the relevant timeframes is considered to be a contact.
Out of an abundance of caution, we are asking individuals to follow the instructions below if they visited these locations during the times listed.
Following a possible exposure, the optimal timing for casual plus contacts to get a test is 5 days.
The advice below says what you need to do, including when you need to get a test.
Where the optimal time for a test is in the future, we’ll specify a date. Where the optimal time for a test has passed, we’ll specify the need for a test as soon as possible.
Extra time has been added on either side of each visit to ensure we reach all potential contacts. Please also note that these locations may be those of multiple people As a result of this, you will notice that some times may overlap.
DARK VAPES EAST TAMAKI, 19 Feb from 2.30pm - 4pm
- Staff - you are considered Close Plus Contacts. Please self-isolate for 14 days and get a test on the 24th February and 3rd March.
- Households of staff - people who share a house with Dark Vapes East Tamaki staff (who were working at Dark Vapes East Tamaki during the specified time) should stay at home until the staff member returns a negative day 5 test result.
- Customers - you are considered Close Contacts. Please self-isolate for 14 days and get a test on the 24th February and 3rd March. Call Healthline on 0800 358 5453.
- Households of customers - people who share a house with Dark Vapes East Tamaki customers (who were at Dark Vapes East Tamaki during the specified time) should stay at home if the customer has symptoms.
KMART BOTANY, 19 Feb from 3.30pm - 10.30pm
- Staff - you are considered Close Plus Contacts. Please self-isolate for 14 days and get a test on the 24th February and 3rd March.
- Households of staff - people who share a house with Kmart Botany staff (who were working at Kmart Botany during the specified time) should stay at home until the staff member returns a negative day 5 test result.
- Customers - you are considered Close Contacts. Please self-isolate for 14 days and get a test on the 24th February and 3rd March. Call Healthline on 0800 358 5453.
- Households of Customers - people who share a house with Kmart Botany customers (who were at Kmart Botany during the specified time) should stay at home if the customer has symptoms.
KMART BOTANY, 20 Feb from 3.30pm - 10.30pm
- Staff - you are considered Close Plus Contacts. Please self-isolate for 14 days and get a test on the 25th February and 4th March.
- Households of staff - people who share a house with Kmart Botany staff (who were working at Kmart Botany during the specified time) should stay at home until the staff member returns a negative day 5 test result.
- Customers - you are considered Close Contacts. Please self-isolate for 14 days and get a test on the 25th February and 4th March. Call Healthline on 0800 358 5453.
- Households of customers - people who share a house with Kmart Botany customers (who were at Kmart Botany during the specified time) should stay at home if the customer has symptoms.
DARK VAPES EAST TAMAKI, 20 Feb from 7.00pm - 8.30pm
- Staff - you are considered Close Plus Contacts. Please self-isolate for 14 days and get a test on the 25th February and 4th March.
- Households of staff - people who share a house with Dark Vapes East Tamaki staff (who were working at Dark Vapes East Tamaki during the specified time) should stay at home until the staff member returns a negative day 5 test result.
- Customers - you are considered Close Contacts. Please self-isolate for 14 days and get a test on the 25th February and 4th March. Call Healthline on 0800 358 5453.
- Households of customers - people who share a house with Dark Vapes East Tamaki customers (who were at Dark Vapes East Tamaki during the specified time) should stay at home if the customer has symptoms.
You can find the most recent information, including any updates since this post, on the Ministry of Health website here: health.govt.nz/our-work/disea…
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There are no new cases in the community to report today.
There is one new case of COVID-19 in managed isolation.
Auckland February cases contact tracing update
There are 3 categories of contacts related to the KFC exposure event.
KFC staff - there are 11 close plus contacts who worked at the same time as Case L. These people have all been contacted and will begin testing today, day 5 since their last contact. They will be isolating for 14 days along with their household contacts.
We've noticed a few questions about why we haven't moved up Alert Levels, despite there being new cases in the community this week. Here's a quick explanation.
We moved up Alert Levels on 15 February as the new case could not be clearly linked to the border.
Contact tracers needed time to investigate the source, and to identify close and casual contacts so that they could be tested and, in some cases, isolated.
It became clear there wasn’t widespread transmission and genome sequencing showed the new community cases were all linked to the first cases identified on the weekend of 14 February. This is a lower-risk scenario so we were able to move down to Alert Level 1, where we remain.
COVID-19 Update
There are 2 new cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation and one new community case, a person linked to the Auckland February cases and who has been in quarantine from Tuesday 23 February to report today.
The latest community case (Case L) is a household contact of cases I, J and K.
This person was tested on arrival into quarantine and returned a negative result. This individual then developed symptoms and returned a positive test.
Today, 25 February, we have three new cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation, and no new cases linked to the Auckland February cluster.
One of the three cases today in managed isolation today is a historical case and not regarded as infectious.
All 11 cases associated with the Auckland February cluster remain in the Auckland quarantine facility.
Genome testing results now available for Case K has shown it to be the B.1.1.7 variant and again very closely related to the genome sequence for Cases A and B.
This provides further reassurance that the cases from the additional household announced on Tuesday have not appeared from elsewhere in the community. All cases that have been sequenced in this cluster are genomically linked & are connected to the cases at Papatoetoe High School.
Today, we have two new cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation, and no new cases linked to the Auckland February cluster.
There are now 11 cases associated with this cluster and all cases are in the Auckland quarantine facility.
Genome testing for Case I has shown it to be the B.1.1.7 variant and very closely related to the genome sequence for Cases A and B.
This is what we expected and provides reassurance that the cases yesterday have not appeared in the community at random.
Both cases A and I are genomically linked - both are students at Papatoetoe High and both were at school on 10 February. We haven’t yet established the exact transmission link between the two, but it is likely to have occurred in a common area such as a corridor or bathroom.
Today we are reporting 2 cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation.
There are no new cases in the community, nor any linked to the Auckland February cluster.
Auckland February cases contact tracing update
Other than the known cases which have been reported, all close contacts associated with the cases households, school and travel group to New Plymouth have returned negative results.
Contact tracing has identified a total of 128 close contacts associated with all cases in this cluster, aside from the positive cases which have previously been reported. Of these, 120 of the close contacts have returned a negative test result.