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The Ministry of Health has released a number of new locations of interest in Tauranga and Mount Maunganui.
12pm update
Countdown Bayfair, Mount Manganui: 19 Girven Road, Mount Maunganui, Mount Maunganui 3116. Thursday November 18 between 4.04pm and 5.50pm.
BP Connect, Mount Maunganui: 570 Maunganui Road, Mt Maunganui, Mount Maunganui3116. Friday, November 19 between 9.51am and 11.08am.
Anyone who visited these location of interest must self-monitor for Covid-19 symptoms for 10 days after being exposed at these locations of interest. If symptoms develop, get a test and stay at home until you get a negative test result AND until 24 hours after symptoms resolve.
Tauranga
McDonalds, Tauranga: 549 Cameron Rd, Tauranga South, Tauranga 3110. Sunday, November 14 between 6.30pm and 8.30pm
Zest Bakery and Cafe Greerton: 187 Chadwick Rd, Greerton, Tauranga 3112. Wednesday, November 17 between 12.15pm and 2.30pm. Thursday, November 18 between 2.45pm and 5pm.
Bayview Roast and Fish and Chips Shop Tauranga: 19 Bethlehem Rd, Bethlehem, Tauranga 3110. Wednesday, November 17 between 5pm and 6pm.
Welcome Sushi, Tauranga: 252 Welcome Bay Rd, Welcome Bay, Tauranga 3112. Thursday, November 18 between 9am and 11am.
Buff Hair and Beauty, Tauranga South: 575 Cameron Rd, Tauranga South, Tauranga 3112. Thursday, November 18 between 12.30pm and 2.30pm.
The Ministry of Health has advised people who were at this location during those times to self-isolate and get a Covid test immediately.
They will have to have another test on day five after being exposed and people must stay home until a negative result is returned.
"Further isolation and testing requirements will be provided by Public Health," a notice reads.
Members of the public who were at these locations are also urged to record their visit on the ministry's website or call Healthline on 0800 611 116 so contact tracers can be in touch.
Anyone who visited Buff Hair and Beauty, Tauranga South on November 18 between 12.30pm and 2.30pm is advised to self-isolate immediately and get a Covid test. Photo / George Novak
Turangi
Bakehouse Cafe and Roast, Turangi: 40 Turangi Town Centre, Turangi, 3334. Tuesday, November 16 between 1.15pm and 2.30pm.
Anyone who visited Welcome Sushi, Bayview Roast Fish and Chips Shop, McDonalds, Zest Bakery and Cafe and Bakehouse Cafe and Roast must self-monitor for Covid-19 symptoms for 10 days after being exposed at these locations of interest. If symptoms develop, get a test and stay at home until you get a negative test result AND until 24 hours after symptoms resolve.
Rotorua and Taupō testing centres
Rotorua Covid-19 Community Testing Centre Testing is now available 8.30am to 3pm daily at The Copthorne Hotel. Entry is from Ward Ave (off Fenton St) and exit is on to Maida Vale St.
Kahukura Clubrooms testing station in Rotorua has now closed.
Taupō Covid-19 Community Testing Centre 79 Miro Street, Taupō Open today from 8.30am until 3pm
Tauranga Race Course Open today from 10am until 4pm.
Sun 4pm update
• Tauranga Hospital: 829 Cameron Rd, Tauranga South. Sunday, November 14, 6am and 7.30pm. Monday, November 15, between 6am and 3.30. Tuesday, November 16, between 6.30am and 11.30pm. Tuesday, November 18, between 6am and 3.30pm.
• The Coffee Club: 1 Marine Parade, Mount Maunganui. Thursday, November 18, between 10.15am and 12pm.
• Stirling Sports Centre Place: 103/501 Victoria St, Hamilton Central, Hamilton. Thursday, November 11, 3.20pm-6.30pm
• Z Petrol Station Palm Beach: 16 Domain Rd, Pāpāmoa Beach, Pāpāmoa. Friday, November 19, 11.22am-12.30pm
• Thomas's Fish Shop: 74 Broadway, Kaikohe. Friday, November 12, 3pm-4pm
The Jaid Beauty Salon on Hinemoa St, Rotorua, was visited by a person with the virus last Tuesday, November 16, between 4.15pm and 6pm.
The popular Mount Mellick Bar was exposed to a positive case on Friday, November 12, between 9.45pm and 11.59pm and again the next day, November 13, between 12am and 1.30am.
12pm update
• Mount Mellick Bar: 317 Maunganui Rd, Mt Maunganui (twice)
The Ministry of Health has advised people who were at those places during those times to self-isolate and get a Covid test immediately.
They will have to have another test on day five after being exposed and people must stay home until a negative result is returned.
"Further isolation and testing requirements will be provided by Public Health," a notice reads.
Members of the public who were at these locations are also urged to record their visit on the ministry's website or call Healthline on 0800 611 116 so contact tracers can be in touch.
Subway Kerikeri, on Cobham Rd in Kerikeri, has also been named a location of interest. A person with Covid was there on Friday, November 12, between 12pm and 1pm.
The advice for people there at the same time is to monitor your health for 14 days after visiting and get a test if symptoms start to develop.
The ministry released one new location earlier this morning.
10.15am update
• Four Square Koutu: 48 Koutu Rd, Koutu, Rotorua
Shoppers at a dairy in Rotorua are advised to monitor their health for two weeks after a person with Covid-19 was there two days ago.
The Four Square Koutu, on Koutu Rd in Rotorua, has been linked to a person who has tested positive for the virus.
They were at the shop on Friday afternoon, between 1.30pm and 2.45pm.
Anyone who was there at the same time is told to watch for any Covid symptoms for 14 days after being exposed and to get a test if they start to get sick.
Health officials are expected to release new locations of interest linked to people with Covid-19 after a new community case was identified in Hawke's Bay.
Authorities confirmed yesterday that a person who had travelled to Auckland had tested positive for the virus on arrival in Hawke's Bay.
The person involved had permission to make the trip, the local district health board said, and is now in isolation. People who had come into contact with them are also now being tested for Covid.
No new locations of interest have been identified in Hawke's Bay as of 10.30am.
According to the list, the latest anyone with the virus has been out and about in the community was late on Friday afternoon in Tūrangi, near Taupō.
Infected shopper at Tūrangi supermarket late Friday afternoon
An infected member of the public was at the New World Tūrangi supermarket, on Ohuanga Rd, for just over an hour.
The affected time is between 4pm and 5.15pm and anyone who was shopping there during that time is urged to monitor their health for 14 days after being exposed.
If symptoms start to show, get a Covid test immediately and stay home until a negative result is returned.
Yesterday's locations drop included a string of shops, supermarkets and gas stations in the Waikato region.
