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At 11.59pm Tuesday 7 September, all of New Zealand, except Auckland, moves to Alert Level 2.

Alert Level 2 is different this time as we deal with the Delta variant. Here’s what we all need to do to stay safe.

1. Everyone can go to work and school, and all businesses and services can open but must follow public health rules.

2. Use the NZ COVID Tracer app if you can, or keep a record of where you’ve been. This helps with rapid contact tracing if it is required.

3. Face coverings are mandatory at many places. Most staff, visitors and customers need to wear face coverings at businesses that involve customer contact.

4. Stay home if you’re sick and call Healthline on about getting a test. Keep up those good hygiene habits: wash your hand regularly and thoroughly, cough and sneeze into your elbow.

5. Book your vaccine, if you haven’t already. You can do this at http://spr.ly/6187y019b

6. Keep 2 metres apart from people you do not know in public.

7. Remember, a limit of 50 people applies for indoor gatherings, and 100 for outdoor gatherings. This includes private events.

You can find out more about Alert Level 2 here: http://spr.ly/6188y019j

New Zealand will remain at Alert Level 4 until 11.59pm Tuesday 31 August. From Wednesday 1 September all areas South of Auckland will move to Alert Level 3.

Auckland and Northland will remain at Alert Level 4, to be reviewed on Monday 30 August. It is likely Auckland will stay at Alert Level 4 for a further 2 weeks.

This weekend, it’s important that everyone stays home to stop the spread of Delta.

Anyone with symptoms anywhere in New Zealand should continue to get tested.

Please continue to check locations of interest regularly: https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-health-advice-public/contact-tracing-covid-19/covid-19-contact-tracing-locations-interest

Anyone who was at a location of interest at the specified time and their household, is asked to self-isolate and call Healthline on 0800 358 5453 for advice on testing.

Testing centres including hours of operation can be found here: https://www.healthpoint.co.nz/covid-19/

We’ve got this, Aotearoa.

Stay home, stop Delta.

There are 68 new cases of COVID-19 in the New Zealand community to confirm today. This brings the total number of cases in the community outbreak to 277.

The total number of community cases in Auckland is now 263 and 14 are in Wellington. The two new Wellington cases are household contacts of a current case and were in isolation during their infectious period.

There are 154 cases to date which are linked to each other, and a further 123 for which links are yet to be established.

Fifteen of the current community cases are in a stable condition in hospital, and there are no cases in ICU.

There is one new case in a recent returnee in a managed isolation facility.

The total number of active cases being managed in New Zealand is currently 314.

⏺Locations of interest
Three new locations of interest have been added today; one is a rugby game in Mangere which was pre-lockdown and two locations are supermarkets in Auckland that were visited by positive cases post-lockdown.

There are now almost 500 locations of interest listed here. Please check these regularly, they are updated every two hours: https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-health-advice-public/contact-tracing-covid-19/covid-19-contact-tracing-locations-interest

Anyone who was at a location of interest at the specified time is asked to self-isolate and call Healthline on 0800 358 5453 for advice on testing.

⏺ Testing
Yesterday, 41,739 tests were processed across New Zealand, another very high number of tests.

There are 23 community testing centres available for testing across Auckland today. This includes 5 invitation-only for high-risk groups and to prioritise essential health care workers. There are 6 regular community testing centres and 12 pop-up testing centres, including a new pop-up at Tuakau in South Auckland.

In Wellington, 3,303 tests were processed yesterday. There are 11 community testing centres operating today, and around 32 GPs open for testing.

For up-to-date information on all testing locations visit Healthpoint.co.nz.

Everybody aged 30 and over can book their COVID-19 vaccine. Go to www.BookMyVaccine.nz to reserve your spot.

Upcoming events!!

Thursday 29th April we are holding a murmurs at the Discovery room at the museum before heading into the botanical gardens playground for a Maia Bear picnic. Feel free to join us for both, or just the picnic. We'd love if you could bring a teddy along, BYO picnic too. Open to all Heart Kids Canterbury members.
Register here - https://forms.gle/b86xbgz7zx3z79kq8

Circus Quirkus is back in town at Middleton Grange school, 8th May at 11am, 2pm and 5pm.
Heart Kids Canterbury have been given a limited number of tickets to the 3 shows please register if you would like your family to be considered for tickets
Register here - https://forms.gle/soZ9P7rEQXJn8iTZA

Wednesday 12th May we are having our adult Heart kid (18+) dinner at Joe's Garage, please register to secure your spot!
Register here - https://forms.gle/dbVkMKojWgFZ8PuY7

If you have questions about any of the events please do not hesitate to speak to your family support team, we look forward to seeing you there!