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COVID-19: How to protect yourself

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Below you'll find information on: 🧼 What you can do to prevent future breakouts 📝 Updates on the new alert levels 🌡 Checking symptoms and what to do if you have them 🤒 What to do if you're living with a confirmed case ❤️ Taking care of yourself ✈️ Information for residents returning to New Zealand from overseas 📞 Important hotlines for COVID-19 support

Below you'll find information on: 🧼 What you can do to prevent future breakouts 📝 Updates on the new alert levels 🌡 Checking symptoms and what to do if you have them 🤒 What to do if you're living with a confirmed case ❤️ Taking care of yourself ✈️ Information for residents returning to New Zealand from overseas 📞 Important hotlines for COVID-19 support

  1. Apr 18

    Quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and Australia has now started and we wish to extend a warm welcome to those travelling from Australia. One of the most important things visitors to New Zealand can do is download the NZ COVID Tracer app.

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  2. Apr 18

    We recommend people continue to scan QR Codes in the NZ COVID Tracer app. The more we all scan, the safer we’ll all be. The data is stored on your phone until you choose to share it.

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  3. Apr 17

    It’s incredibly important that people keep a record of where they’ve been. It can help support contact tracers in tracing potential close and casual contacts of people who have tested positive for COVID-19.

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  4. 7 Jun 2020

    As we unite to recover from the effects of COVID-19, it's still important that we keep the basic hygiene measures, including washing your hands and coughing or sneezing into your elbow.

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  5. 8 Mar 2020

    You can wash your hands with any kind of soap, liquid or bar. If you don’t have access to soap, warm water or a good way to dry your hands, hand sanitiser works too. Just make sure it’s at least 60 percent alcohol and that your hands aren’t visibly dirty.

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  6. 29 Feb 2020

    Wash hands for at least 20 seconds with water and soap and dry them thoroughly: - before eating or handling food - after using the toilet - after coughing, sneezing, blowing your nose or wiping - children’s noses - after caring for sick people.

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  7. 29 Feb 2020

    Avoid close contact with people with cold or flu-like illnesses, and cover coughs and sneezes with disposable tissues or clothing (if you don't have tissues cough or sneeze into your elbow).

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  8. Mar 11

    Auckland will move to Alert Level 1 at 11.59am today. We have now gone a full transmission cycle of the virus without any new cases emerging.

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  9. Feb 21

    Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Auckland will return to Level 1 but masks will be required on public transport nationwide at Level 1 from now on. This requirement was already in place in Auckland and on domestic flights.

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  10. Feb 21

    As with the rules that have been in place in Auckland since November, the mask requirements nationwide will not be enforced by bus drivers and other public transport workers, as Ardern notes there are legitimate reasons not to wear a mask.

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  11. Feb 21

    Further details of the mask requirements that have been in effect in Auckland and will now be expanded to the rest of the country are available here:

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  12. Feb 21

    Auckland will move back to Alert Level 1 at midnight on Monday and join the rest of New Zealand, however, masks will be required on public transport nationwide at Level 1 from now on.

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  13. Mar 11

    Exiting Alert Level 2 today allows the last remaining day 12 test results for contacts in isolation to be returned, giving us a final assurance that the virus has not spread among those likely to have picked it up.

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  14. Mar 11

    As Tāmaki Makaurau rejoins the rest of Aotearoa free of restrictions on gatherings and rules for hospitality and workplaces, it is a timely reminder that Alert Level 1 takes everyone.

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  15. Mar 11

    There are simple things we all should keep doing to protect the gains we’ve made in higher Alert Levels, keep businesses open and avoid more Alert Level changes: • Scan in to keep businesses open and turn Bluetooth on • Stay home if sick and get a test

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  16. Mar 11

    • Wash and sanitise often We also must wear face coverings on public transport and on domestic flights.

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  17. 6 May 2020

    How can you recognize the symptoms of ? Symptoms vary, but mild cases often experience fever, cough, and fatigue. Moderate cases may have difficulty breathing or mild pneumonia. While severe cases have severe pneumonia, other organ failure & possible death.

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  18. Apr 5

    Up-to-date information on all testing locations nationwide is available on the Healthpoint website:

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  19. 1 Apr 2020

    home care - household members should: Wash 🙌 regularly Avoid unnecessary exposure to ill person & don't share items like🥄🍶🥛 Cover👄 & 👃 with flexed elbow or use a disposable tissue🤧 when coughing or sneezing Monitor everyone’s health for symptoms 🌡️ of

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  20. 2 Apr 2020

    home care - ill people: Clean 🙌frequently 🛌, drink plenty of fluids & eat nutritiously Stay home in separate room. If not possible wear😷& keep distance from others Cover👄&👃with flexed elbow or disposable tissue🤧 when coughing/sneezing 📞 doctor if condition worsens

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  21. 2 May 2020

    How are doing today? Reach out if you need a little help on 0800 LIFELINE (543 354) or text HELP (4357).

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  22. 2 May 2020

    During pandemic, try to stay active in your home or outdoors while keeping a distance of at least 1m from others. Protect yourself and others. Do your part. Practice

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  23. May 1

    - Last night’s pause on flights in and out of Western Australia, due to new Covid cases reported in Perth, has been reversed. The travel bubble has reopened. Officials say the risk to public health in New Zealand is low.

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  24. Apr 18

    From today, we'll be welcoming our Trans-Tasman whānau and friends back to New Zealand. When they're here we need to step up and be kaitiaki to keep all of us safe from COVID-19.

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  25. Apr 18

    Encourage your visitors to download the NZ COVID Tracer app, show them how to turn Bluetooth on, and remind them to scan QR codes wherever they go. Tiaki tātou. Tiaki mātou. Caring for them is caring for us.

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  26. 8 Apr 2020

    : Starting from midnight tonight, all New Zealanders returning to the country will be required to quarantine in an approved facility to help stop the spread of COVID-19. For more information, visit:

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