Three new locations of interest linked to people with Covid have been released by health officials.
Two of the locations are in Rotorua and were both visited on Saturday morning. The third is a site in Taupō.
• Countdown Fenton Street: 246 Fenton St, Rotorua.
• Z Fenton Street: Corner Fenton and Victoria St, Rotorua.
• BP Tauhara Road: 235 Tauhara Rd, Taupō.
The two Rotorua locations of interest were visited by a person infected with Covid-19 on Saturday, November 13.
Anyone who was at the Countdown on Fenton St between 8am and 10.30am must self-monitor for Covid-19 symptoms.
The same advice goes to anyone who was at the Z on Fenton St between 9.30am and 11am.
Anyone at the BP on Tauhara Rd on Sunday, November 14, between 10am and 11.30am may have also been exposed.
• Noodle Canteen Taupō : 46 Tuwharetoa St, Taupō.
Noodle Canteen in Taupō was visited by a person infected with Covid-19 on Friday, November 12 between 8.45 pm and 10pm.
Anyone who was at this location during these times must self-monitor for Covid-19 symptoms.
• Stirling Sports Masterton: 192 Queen St, Masterton
• Cotton On Masterton: 202 Queen St, Masterton
• Bells Produce Kaitaia: 77 North Rd, Kaitāia
The Stirling Sports store on Queen St, Masterton, was visited by a person who has tested positive for the virus on Friday, November 12, between 1.40pm and 2pm.
Another visit in the area was recorded at the Cotton On shop, also on Queen St, between 1.10pm and 1.20pm.
The third exposure event is linked to Bells Produce on North Rd, Kaitāia, where a person with the virus was between 1.10pm and 1.20pm last Tuesday, November 9.
Anyone who was at any of the three sites during those times is told to monitor their health for 14 days after the date of exposure and get a test if symptoms start to show during that time.
The latest anyone with Covid has been out and about in the community was on Saturday, when five locations of interest or exposure events were identified.
Two places were identified in Rotorua.
A person with the virus was at the main entrance waiting area, at Rotorua Hospital, for two hours. The affected time was between 5.25pm and 7.25pm that evening.
During the same time period, the hospital's emergency department waiting room was also exposed to a Covid-infected person.
On the same day, a person with the virus was at the Caltex Woodville on Vogel St, Woodville, about 25km east of Palmerston North.
Another service station, BP Connect in Hamilton's Whitiroa, was also visited by a positive case between 7.40am and 8.15am on Saturday.
The last place of interest that day has been identified as Pak'nSave Whitiroa, on Mill St. A person with Covid visited from 8.03am to 9.05am.
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