A pop-up testing centre is underway at the Wharekawa Marae in Whakatīwai as three new Covid-19 cases are announced in the Waikato. Video / Mike Scott
A primary school where a pupil attends who has tested positive for Covid-19 has officially been named as a location of interest.
Mangatangi School, in the Waikato region, is among new locations released by the Ministry of Health this morning.
The school is connected to at least one student who has tested positive for the virus - resulting in the school's closure as children, parents, teachers and staff urgently get tested.
The affected days are last Wednesday and Thursday (September 15 and 16) between 8am and 4pm on both days.
Anyone who was at Mangatangi School is told to self-isolate for 14 days after being exposed.
"Test immediately," is the official advice from health officials.
Pupils, staff and parents from the Mangatangi School are being urged to get tested after the school was linked to Covid-19. Photo / Mike Scott
Mangatangi School is among several new locations or exposure sites announced by the Ministry of Health this morning. However, it is the only new place of interest outside of Auckland.
A person who has tested positive for Covid was at the Palm Super Mart, on Russell Rd, in Manurewa on Saturday. Image / Google
8.45am update
• Pak'nSave Botany: 501 Tī Rākau Drive Pak'nSave Botany has two exposure events - last Tuesday between 5.45pm and 7.50pm and last Wednesday between 5.15pm and 7.20pm
• Countdown Māngere Mall: Māngere Town Centre, Bader Drive
• Countdown Auckland Airport: 1 John Goulter Drive, Māngere
• Māngere Health Centre Doctors: 6 Waddon Place, Māngere
And there could be new locations reported outside of Auckland, after confirmation that three people - including two children - have tested positive for the virus in the Waikato region.
The list includes places all around Auckland, Bombay, Cambridge, Maramarua, Mt Maunganui, Ngatea, Paeroa and Tauranga.
Many of those places of interest outside of Auckland are linked to a supermarket truck driver, an essential worker, delivered supplies outside of the city before testing positive for the virus.
The driver is said to be contact of a current case.
More businesses, shops, pharmacies and shopping centres were identified on the list yesterday.
The latest anyone with the virus has been in the community is now last Thursday, when a Covid-positive person was at the Blue Sea Laundromat at 792 Great South Rd in Wiri, South Auckland.
Pak'nSave Botany, at 501 Tī Rākau Drive, was visited by a person with Covid last Tuesday and Wednesday. Image / Google
The person was there between 3pm and 5pm and anyone who was at the laundromat during that time is told to self-isolate for 14 days after that day and to get a Covid test immediately.
People are also urged to record their visit via the Ministry of Health website or to call Healthline on 0800 611 116.
Yesterday's updated list
• Pak'nSave Botany: 501 Tī Rākau Drive, East Tāmaki. Tuesday, September 14: 5.45pm to 7.50pm
• Pak'nSave Botany: 501 Tī Rākau Drive, East Tāmaki. Wednesday, September 15: 5.1pm to 7.20pm
• Countdown Māngere Mall: Māngere Town Centre, Bader Drive. Tuesday, September 14 8.30am to 11am
• Countdown Auckland Airport: 1 John Goulter Drive, Māngere. Tuesday, September 14: 12.30pm to 3.30pm
