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A new location of interest shows that a person was out and about in the community on Wednesday morning.
Kingsland's Night 'n Day was visited by a person infected with Covid-19 on October 13 between 6.45am and 8.15am.
The latest update from the Ministry of Health on locationsof interest includes the Sandringham Superette, which has 10 exposure dates connected to it starting from Saturday, October 2, to Monday, October 11.
• Ashby Cafe St Heliers: 91 Ashby Ave, St Heliers. Thursday October 12 between 9.45am and 9.50am.
A St Heliers cafe was visited for just five minutes by a person infected with Covid-19. Anyone who visited the Manurewa superette or Countdown in Chartwell during the specified time must self-monitor for any Covid symptoms.
The same advice goes to anyone who was at Liquorland in Kohimarama and the public toilets in Raglan during the specified times.
The Ministry of Health has also released a number of new Raglan locations of interest including Raglan's Four Square and Super Value.
A new time has been added to the Four Square in Raglan. Photo / Google
New Raglan times:
• Super Value Raglan: 18 Bow St, Raglan. Saturday October 9 between 8.30am and 9.15am.
• Four Square Raglan: 3 Bankart St, Raglan. Saturday October 9 between 7.45am and 9.45am.
• BP Raglan: 2 Main Rd, Raglan. Friday October 8 between 3.45pm and 4.45pm.
The current advice from the Ministry of Health for shoppers at Super Value Raglan during the specified time is to stay at home and get tested immediately. As well as on day 5.
Anyone who was at the other two locations during the specified time must self-monitor for any Covid symptoms.
• Lawson Convenience store: 105-113 Victoria St West, Auckland CBD
Meanwhile, the Lawson Convenience store, on Victoria St West in downtown Auckland, is also connected to a person with Covid who was there last week on Tuesday between 7pm and 8pm.
The ministry earlier announced that a public toilet facility in Raglan was visited by someone with the virus.
The block of toilets on Cliff St was used by a person who has tested positive for Covid on Sunday, October 3.
But exactly what time they used it is not clear, with the Ministry of Health giving an exposure time of between 9am and midnight that day.
Anyone who used the public toilets that day is being asked to self-monitor for any Covid symptoms and to get a test carried out if any symptoms start to show.
A number of new locations have been released in the ministry's latest update this morning.
They include two exposure events at a shop in Hamilton - the SuperValue Parkwood on Gordonton Rd in Chartwell.
A positive case or cases are linked to the store twice last week; firstly on Wednesday, October 6, between 1pm and 3pm and then on Saturday, October 9, between 1pm and 3pm.
The public toilets facility on Cliff St, Raglan, has been connected to a person with Covid-19. Image / Google
10.30am update
• Countdown Roselands: 90 Great South Rd, Papakura
• Life Pharmacy: 32 Mokoia Rd, Birkenhead, North Shore
• Pak'nSave Lincoln Rd: Lincoln Rd, Henderson, West Auckland
• Countdown Onehunga: Church St and Selwyn St, Onehunga, Auckland
• Countdown Greenlane: 326 Great South Rd, Greenlane, Auckland
• SuperValue Parkwood: 4 Gordonton Rd, Chartwell, Hamilton (twice)
• Public toilets: 5A Cliff St, Raglan
An infected member of the public was also at the country's largest Pak'nSave supermarket - on Lincoln Rd in Henderson, West Auckland - on Sunday.
They were there for almost two hours between 4.30pm and 6.15pm. The advice for other shoppers there during that time is to monitor their health for two weeks after being exposed and to get a Covid test if symptoms start to appear.
Covid case linked to largest Pak'nSave in the country
A Covid positive person was at the country's largest Pak'nSave, on Lincoln Rd in West Auckland, for almost two hours on Sunday. Image / Google
Two places of interest were visited on the same day - last Tuesday, October 5.
The first exposure event was at the Life Pharmacy on Mokoia Rd, in Birkenhead, North Shore. The person was there between 2.29pm and 2.45pm.
The second exposure event that day was at the Countdown Onehunga supermarket. A shopper with Covid was there for just over an hour between 8.45am and 10am.
Another Countdown supermarket - Countdown Roselands, in Papakura - is linked to a positive case who was there last Friday, October 8, between 3.10pm and 4.30pm.
Earlier this morning, five new locations of interest have been identified by health authorities - all in one Auckland suburb and all visited in the past four days.
As of 8am, the number of locations and exposure events linked to Covid cases now stands at 408 locations.
8.20am update
• Hillpark Bakery: 75 Grande Vue Rd, Hillpark, Manurewa
• Hillpark Superette: 71 Grande Vue Rd, Hillpark, Manurewa
• Kiwi Bakery: 108 Weymouth Rd, Manurewa
• Mobil Clendon Park: 447 Roscommon Rd, Clendon Park
The Mobil gas station on Roscommon Rd had a Covid-positive person there two days ago, on Tuesday, for 10 minutes. The affected time is 6.30pm to 6.40pm.
Members of the public who were there at the same time are advised to monitor their health for 14 days after being at the petrol station. If symptoms start to show, get a Covid test.
The Mobil gas station at 447 Roscommon Rd has been linked to a Covid positive person there on Tuesday evening. Image / Google
The Kiwi Bakery and Leabank Superette - on the same road, Weymouth Rd - were visited by a positive case on Monday around the same time.
The bakery is affected between 12.45pm and 12.55pm and the superette was visited between 12.30pm and 12.45pm that day.
The Hillpark Superette and the Hillpark Bakery - also on the same road, Grand Vue Rd - were visited on Sunday.
A person with Covid visited the superette between 2.30pm and 2.40pm. A positive case was at the bakery between 2.40pm and 2.50pm.
A total of 39 locations of interest or exposure events were identified on the ministry's website yesterday, showing supermarkets, petrol stations, train rides, shops and dairies all around Auckland.
Positive case linked to Labtests Mairangi Bay - 'Stay home'
The Labtests Mairangi Bay Collection Centre in Rosedale, on Auckland's North Shore, is linked to a person with Covid who was there last Friday, October 8, between 12pm and 1.30pm.
Health officials are telling anyone who was there during that time to stay home and get a Covid test as soon as possible.
Labtests Mairangi Bay Collection Centre on Apollo Drive in Rosedale, North Shore, is linked to a person with Covid there last Friday. Image / Google
"Stay at home, test immediately as well as five days after you were exposed at this location of interest.
"Please continue to stay at home until you receive a negative day five test result."
Anyone who was there at the time is also urged to record their visit on the Ministry of Health's locations of interest page, on its website, or call Healthline on 0800 611 116 so contact tracers can get in touch.
Last night's updated list
• Pak'nSave Clendon: 16 Robert Ross Place, Clendon Park, South Auckland. Tuesday, October 5, 5.50pm to 6.15pm
• Lawson Convenience Store: 105 Victoria St West, Auckland CBD. Tuesday, October 5, 7pm to 8pm
• Labtests Mairangi Bay Collection Centre: 119 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, North Shore. Friday, October 8, 12pm to 1.30pm
• Old Wairoa Superette: 48 Grove Rd, Papakura, South Auckland. Tuesday, October 12, 5.30pm to 7pm
• AA Driver and Vehicle Licensing Kerikeri: Fairway Drive, Kerikeri, Northland. Tuesday, October 5, 3.15pm to 3.45pm
Kerikeri, in Northland, made an appearance in yesterday's 4pm update; after the local AA Driver and Vehicle Licensing site was linked to a person with the virus there last week on Tuesday, October 5, between 3.15pm and 3.45pm.
The advice for anyone there at the time is to self-monitor for Covid symptoms for 14 days after being exposed to the site. If symptoms start to show up, get tested and stay home until the result comes back.
Train ride and shop visited by Covid positive cases two days ago
The latest anyone with Covid has been out and about in the community was two days ago on Tuesday evening.
A person who has tested positive for the virus travelled on a train on the Southern Line from Homai in Wiri, South Auckland, to Britomart in the city centre that afternoon.
The Old Wairoa Superette on Grove Rd, Papakura, was visited by a person with Covid on Tuesday. Image / Google
The affected time is between 4pm and 5pm and anyone who was on the train is advised to monitor their health for two weeks and to get tested if symptoms start to show.
"Stay at home until you get a negative test result and until 24 hours after symptoms resolve," the health ministry says.
On that same evening, a person with Covid visited the Old Wairoa Superette on Grove Rd, in Papakura, South Auckland.
The affected member of the public was there between 5.30pm and 7pm.
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The advice for those who were in the shop during that time period is the same - monitor your health for 14 days after being there and if symptoms develop, get tested immediately.
