Covid-19 Alert Level Changes

Good morning all,

As you know, Auckland has now shifted to Alert Level 3 until Wednesday and the rest of the country is at Alert Level 2.


What does this mean if I'm living in Auckland? (Level 3)


For Individuals: 

  • You can travel within your local area, for example going to work or school, shopping, or getting exercise. Public transport can continue to operate with strict health and safety requirements. At Alert Level 3 travel between regions is heavily restricted.
  • Stay home if you can to avoid any risk of spread. You must work from home unless you're not able to. Children should learn at home if possible.
  • If you’re sick, stay home. Don’t go to work or school. Don’t socialise. If you have cold, flu or COVID-19 symptoms call your doctor or Healthline and get advice about being tested. If you have been told to self-isolate you legally must do so immediately.
  • If you get a COVID-19 test, you legally must stay home in self-isolation until you receive your results.
  • It’s important that you use basic hygiene measures, including washing your hands, coughing or sneezing into your elbow and cleaning surfaces.
  • We recommend you keep track of where you’ve been with the Covid-19 Tracer App and who you’ve seen. This helps with rapid contact tracing if it’s required.
  • At Alert Level 3, you legally must stay within your household bubble whenever you're not at work or school. You can expand this to connect with close family and whānau, bring in caregivers, or support isolated people.
  • It’s important to protect your bubble. Keep your bubble exclusive and only include people where it will keep you and them safe and healthy. If anyone within your bubble feels unwell, they legally must immediately self-isolate from everyone else within the bubble.
  • Do not invite or allow social visitors, such as friends, extended family and whānau, to enter your home.
  • Keep your distance when outside your home, you should keep a distance of at least 2 metres in public and retail stores, like supermarkets and 1 metre in controlled environments, like workplaces and schools.
  • You’re strongly encouraged to wear a face covering when you’re outside your home and in a place where it’s hard to stay 2 metres away from other people, like in shops. You legally must wear a face covering on public transport.
 

For clubs: 

At Alert Level 3, there are restrictions to keep workers safe, limit interaction with customers and help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Remember:

  • Clubs need to display a QR code and have an alternative contact tracing system. We recommend making sure people either scan in or provide their contact details. 
  • 2m social distancing must be strictly enforced at all times on and off the track
  • The public cannot come onto your premises at Alert Level 3
  • Basic hygiene measures legally must be maintained. Physical distancing, hand washing and regularly cleaning surfaces. Workers legally must stay home if they are sick.
  • Staff legally must remain a minimum of 1 metre apart at all times where practical. Other measures, such as PPE including face coverings, we recommend being used where appropriate.
  • You legally must meet all other health and safety obligations.


What does this mean if I'm living in the rest of the country? (Level 2)


For Individuals: 

  • You should keep a distance of at least 2 metres in public and in retail stores, like supermarkets and clothes shops and 1 metre in most other places like workplaces, cafes, restaurants and gyms
  • You legally must wear a face covering on public transport and aircraft and are encouraged to wear face coverings in situations where physical distancing is not possible, like in shops.
  • You can travel, but make sure you do it in a safe way. You should not travel if you have cold, flu or COVID-19 symptoms, are awaiting a test or if you need to self-isolate. You can travel to other regions that are at Alert Level 2 or lower.
  • If you’re sick, stay home. Do not go to work or school and do not socialise. If you have cold, flu or COVID-19 symptoms, call your doctor or Healthline and get advice about being tested. If you have been told to self-isolate you legally must do so immediately.
  • It’s important that you use basic hygiene measures, including washing your hands, coughing or sneezing into your elbow and cleaning surfaces.
  • You should keep track of where you’ve been with the Covid-19 App and who you’ve seen. This helps with rapid contact tracing if it’s required.

For Clubs: 

Clubs will remain open but legally must follow public health rules. These include physical distancing and record keeping.

  • Reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission at work.
  • Clubs can operate if they can do so safely. Alternative ways of working are encouraged where possible.
  • Talk with your staff to identify risks and ways to manage them.
  • Ask everyone — workers, contractors and customers — with cold, flu or COVID-19 symptoms to stay away from your premises.
  • Keep workers 1 metre apart and customers in retail businesses 2 metres apart.
  • Clubs are legally required to display a QR code and provide an alternative contact tracing system. 
  • Face coverings are strongly encouraged if you are in close contact with others.
  • Reduce the number of shared surfaces, and regularly disinfect them.
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  • Basic hygiene measures legally must be maintained. Physical distancing, hand washing and regularly cleaning surfaces. Workers legally must stay home if they are sick.

Posted on 15 February 2021

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