Covid-19: Rotorua speedway, tavern new locations of interest

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Paradise Valley Speedway has been named as a new location of interest.

The Ministry of Health said anyone who was at the speedway meeting on Friday January 21 between 7.30pm and 9.30pm should self-monitor for Covid-19 symptoms for 10 days after they were exposed.

If symptoms develop, get a test and stay at home until you get a negative test result.

Meanwhile, the Selwyn Tavern has been named as a 'close contact' location of interest. Anyone there on Friday January 21 between 1pm and 9pm should self isolate and test immediately and on day five.

There are several new locations of interest for the region.

Five new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Rotorua yesterday and 24 nationwide.