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Covid 19 coronavirus: Even Kerikeri's gingerbread men are taking precautions

By Peter de Graaf
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7 May, 2020 08:00 PM2 mins to read

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Cafe Cinema barista Shujing Piao with a couple of the Covid-19 themed gingerbread men the business has been giving away. Photo / Peter de Graaf

Cafe Cinema barista Shujing Piao with a couple of the Covid-19 themed gingerbread men the business has been giving away. Photo / Peter de Graaf

Northland hasn't reported a new case of the Covid-19 virus for nearly three weeks but you just can't be too careful.

That's why even gingerbread men aren't being allowed out without PPE.

The sweet treats, complete with icing face masks, have been given away to customers ordering coffee at Kerikeri's Cafe Cinema since it reopened for phone and online orders at the end of level 4.

The cafe also gives away coronavirus biscuits — and, before you ask, that means gingerbread biscuits in the spiky shape of a coronavirus.

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Owner Matts Wickbom said the biscuits and masked gingerbread men, or pepparkakor in Swedish, were made to a traditional Scandinavian recipe.

''People love little gestures and it cheers them up. If they think the coronavirus biscuits are funny hopefully they will come back.''

Wickbom said business had been slow since the cafe reopened because there weren't many people around. He was opening until 1pm and again in the late afternoon for takeaway pick-ups.

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''But things are what they are. We just have to adjust and make the best of it that we can. Returning to what used to be normal could be a very long way away,'' he said.

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