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A flight from Auckland to Wellington has been added to the growing number locations of interest requiring people to get isolate and get a Covid test.
The Ministry of Health's locations of interest now has 206 visits to 166 distinct locations identified in the Auckland and Coromandel regions, as of9pm Friday.
Those for the three Wellington cases across two households who visited Auckland on the weekend - two of whom drove back to Wellington and one of whom flew - have not yet all been released, but include four petrol stations, a cafe, a workplace and a pharmacy.
Air NZ flight NZ 445 Auckland to Wellington that departed at 5pm on Sunday 15 August has also been added as a location.
Other recent locations of interest released include the Assembly of God Church in Māngere on Sunday, August 15. Exact times are still to come.
Other locations of interest in Wellington include:
• Countdown Johnsonville Road Wellington • Johnsonville Medical Centre Pharmacy Wellington • 1841 Bar and Restaurant Johnsonville • The Roast Canteen Johnsonville • St Pierre's Sushi Johnsonville Mall
The owners of 1841 thanked the public for "messages of support".
"Please also follow the Ministry of Health guidelines of what to do should you have been in during the time in question...we'll be back."
Previously new additions included New Lynn RSA Bowling Club, Countdown Birkenhead, St Honores Bakery Birkenhead, Church of Christ and its Sunday school in Mount Roskill, Giga Net Cafe in Mt Albert, Laundrycoin Laundromat Takanini, Birkenhead Superette & Lotto and the Downtown Carpark in Auckland's CBD.
Blockhouse Bay Christian Kindergarten previously just had one visit there on August 4, but other visits were on August 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16 and 17 between 9am and 3pm.
Those are on top of the 79 locations of interest added to the list yesterday - all of them in Auckland and, for the first time since Wednesday, started to show businesses and eateries outside of North Shore, where a 58-year-old Devonport man tested positive for Covid earlier this week - sparking a level 4 lockdown.
Businesses, cafes, restaurants, supermarkets, takeaways, movie cinemas, petrol stations, car yards and even a cemetery are now all included in the growing list, which now covers West Auckland, East Auckland, South Auckland and the North Shore.
Health officials updated the list again today
, after several updates were made on its website throughout yesterday.
Authorities including director general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern continue to advise people to check the list regularly to ensure they have not been at a location of interest.
That message was particularly loud for essential workers as well as people living in or who have recently been in the Auckland region.
Anyone who has been at a location of interest at the same time as a confirmed Covid positive case is automatically deemed a close contact.
All close contacts are to go into self-isolation immediately - as well as anyone they are living with - for 14 days.
They are also asked to get tested for Covid and to contact Healthline on 0800 611 116 for more advice.
Sweat Shop Brew Kitchen, in Auckland's CBD, is among the locations of interest. Image / Google
It is thought potentially thousands of people are or will be affected and some companies are already having to deal with the effects of having a reduced number of staff available.
Many staff members are having to self-isolate for a fortnight.
Some supermarkets, including New World Mt Roskill and Pak'nSave Wairau, have started advertising job positions - including checkout operators - in order to help fill current vacancies caused by the Covid outbreak.
Pak'nSave Wairau has also reduced its opening hours because of reduced number of staff members able to work.
