Covid 19 coronavirus: Wellington Central MP Grant Robertson offers lockdown reassurance, urges testing

Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Wellington Central MP and Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson says the projection for the capital's lockdown hasn't changed because of this morning's cases.

He told Newstalk ZB Wellington host Nick Mills if things go well for the rest of the country, outside Auckland and Coromandel, the capital should be able to get out of lockdown as scheduled.

Over the next three days he said authorities would be looking to make sure the virus hadn't spread to other parts of the country and wastewater results should be back soon.

"Hopefully that will show that we don't have it in places like Wellington."

Robertson said it is unclear whether Wellingtonians were in the Coromandel over the weekend.

"We need people to go get tested. If you've got symptoms, cold, flu type symptoms, get tested. If you were in the Coromandel last weekend and you were in one of those locations of interest, get tested.

"If there are lines there, if it gets busy later in the day, take some water, take some food, take something to watch or listen to and just do the right thing."

Robertson told listeners lockdowns had a big impact on businesses, which was why the wage subsidy was in place.

His message to Wellingtonians was to stay home if they don't need to go out.

"We can get through this. We've done this before, we've stamped Covid out before we know how to do it we've got all the right systems in place."