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Two weeks on in a strict lockdown around the country, locations of interest are still being released - and more are expected still.
The Ministry of Health has released nine new locations of interest tonight including an Indian Takeaway & Groceries and a number of shops.
Those new locations include:
• Tasi Market Massey • Fresh and Save Glen Innes • Super Value Supermarket Limited Glen Innes • Riverside Dairy Point England • A Spice Bazaar. Indian Takeaway & Groceries Flat Bush • Finlayson Superette & Lotto Clendon Park • Mascot Dairy Mangere • Chemist Warehouse Ronwood Centre Papatoetoe • Puhinui Road Dairy Papatoetoe
Anyone who visited the Tasi Market in Massey on August 22 between 8am to 2pm must isolate for 14 days and be tested on day five and 12.
Those who were at the Fresh and Save Glen Innes on August 27 between 9.06am and 9.16am and the Super Value Supermarket Limited in Glen Inneson August 25 between 8.21am and 9.30am must get tested immediately as well as get a second test on day five.
The A Spice Bazaar. Indian Takeaway & Groceries Flat Bush was visited twice by a person with Covid-19 on August 23 between 2pm and 2.30, as well as on August 29 between 4pm and 4.30pm.
If you visited this location on either of the dates, you must test immediately as well as five days after you were exposed at this location.
Earlier this evening the Ministry of Health said the Crystal Laundromat in Manurewa is a new location of interest.
Anyone who visited the laundromat on August 24 between 11.45am and 2pm must self-monitor for symptoms for 14 days after exposure.
The ministry's website was updated today to remove some locations of interest.
The latest location added at 4pm yesterday was the Met Apartments complex at 11 Durham St East, in Auckland central.
A Covid positive case or cases was at the building six times over the past week or so, with the affected times being:
• Thursday, August 19, 3pm to 5pm • Monday, August 23, 2pm to 4pm • Tuesday, August 24, 2pm to 4pm • Wednesday, August 25, 2pm to 4pm • Thursday, August 26, 2pm to 4pm • Friday, August 27, 1pm to 5pm
Other locations added yesterday include the Headquarters Bar on Customs St West in Auckland central, between 11.30pm and 1.30am on Saturday, August 14 and the Elliott Stables, at 39/41 Elliott St in Auckland central, between 3.25pm and 10.15pm on Tuesday, August 17.
Earlier yesterday, the Ministry of Health released two locations - the Tasi Market in Massey, West Auckland, and the Newton Pharmacy Sport and Health chemist on Karangahape Rd in the city centre.
The pharmacy had a Covid case there on Friday, August 27, between 3.15pm and 3.50pm.
The Tasi Market, on Triangle Rd, was linked to a Covid case four times last week - Wednesday (between 7.30am and 6pm), Thursday (7.30am to 6pm), Friday (7.30am to 6pm) and Saturday between 7.30am and 6pm.
Health officials and authorities continue to urge members of the public to regularly check the ministry's locations of interest page to see if they have been at an affected place or business.
That advice is especially important for essential workers, authorities say.
