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Everyone urged to follow the rules

By Mikaela Collins
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3 May, 2020 06:04 PM3 mins to read

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Senior Sergeant Pat Davis in less stressful times. Picture / Debbie Beadle

Senior Sergeant Pat Davis in less stressful times. Picture / Debbie Beadle

A senior sergeant is urging Northlanders to abide by level 3 lockdown requirements after four people were charged with breaching lockdown rules and reports of others acting as if they were in level zero last week.

Northland yesterday reached its sixteenth day with no new cases of Covid-19. The national total rose by two.

But director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said the low numbers could not be taken for granted and people needed to follow alert level 3 rules – a message reiterated by Northland Senior Sergeant Pat Davis.

"I think people need to realise life hasn't changed a heck of a lot. Yes, there are more businesses open, but people need to realise the rules are there to keep us safe or we could go back to level 4 for a lot longer," he said.

Davis said, since Friday, four people had been charged with breaching lockdown rules. Three of those people were arrested on other matters.

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He said there were also reports of "people deciding level 3 was like level zero", but largely Northlanders were well-behaved.

Bloomfield said with the country being at alert level 3 for close to a week, everyone should be familiar with the rules, both around increased retail activity and social interactions.

"It's been concerning to see some behaviours continue into the weekend and ultimately, this could slow a move to level 2.

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"Continuing to be vigilant will be key in supporting a move down to level 2 as soon as possible," he said.

A statement released yesterday confirmed the two new cases of Covid-19 were linked to the St Margaret's Hospital and Rest Home cluster in Auckland, and both cases were household contacts of an employee at the rest home.

Of Northland's 28 cases, 24 have recovered. All eight confirmed or probable cases among Māori have now recovered.

There was no update on testing numbers in Northland but, from today, Northland District Health Board will be offering Covid-19 swabs to anyone who wants one – symptomatic or not – to seek out undetected cases.

Nationally, the total number of confirmed and probable cases of Covid-19 is 1487. A total of 1266 people, or 85per cent, have now recovered.

There were no additional deaths reported yesterday. Eight people remained in hospital, with none in ICU.

Meanwhile, there were 4634 tests completed on Saturday, bringing the total number of tests completed to 150,223.

There are still 16 significant clusters – three of these are now considered closed as there is no longer transmission of the virus associated with them.

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