January 29 2022
There were 97 cases of Covid-19 in the community today, including 11 new confirmed cases of the Omicron variant.
A series of Air NZ flights, Auckland Airport's domestic lounge and a Sikh temple in Hamilton are among new high risk locations of interest released by health officials.
They join an Auckland education organisation and ferry terminal as other new locations of interest.
People on a series of recent flights from destinations, including Auckland, Wellington Christchurch and Nelson, as well as those in Auckland Airport during the times listed below must self isolate and be tested immediately for Covid.
That is the same for people at Hamilton's New Zealand Sikh Society Temple Te Rapa on January 22 between 10am and 5pm.
Anyone who was at the Fullers Waiheke Island Ferry Downtown Ferry Terminal on Sunday between 1.10pm and 1.45pm and Learning Network NZ in Henderson on Thursday between 8.45am and 1pm, are also identified as close contacts.
A person with Covid-19 travelled on a Waiheke Island ferry on Tuesday. Photo / Jason Oxenham
The Ministry of Health is asking anyone at these locations during the specified times to get tested and self-isolate immediately.
Anyone at this location on Saturday between 1pm and 4pm is considered a close contact.
The Nelson Airport was also visited by a Covid case on January 18 and 23. However, people at the location during the specified time are not required to isolate but must self-monitor for symptoms.
More Air NZ and Jetstar flights have been deemed high risk locations of interest.
They include:
• Air NZ flight NZ5084 from Nelson to Auckland on Tuesday, January 18 between 5pm and 7.30pm • Jetstar flight JQ287 from Wellington to Christchurch on Monday, January 24 between 8.20am and 9.10am • Air NZ flight NZ8087 from Auckland to Nelson on Sunday, January 23 between 8.10pm and 9.03pm • Air NZ flight NZ8848 from Christchurch to Nelson on Wednesday, January 26 between 2.30pm and 3.30pm • Jetstar flight JQ259 from Auckland to Wellington on Sunday, January 23 between 10.30am and 11.35am • Air NZ flight NZ8302 from Nelson to Wellington on Friday, January 28 between 7.30am and 8.15am
6pm update
Auckland Airport, an Air NZ flight and a Hamilton temple have been identified as high risk locations of interest.
They include:
• Auckland Airport Regional Lounge, Auckland Domestic Airport Māngere on Sunday, January 23 between 4.45pm and 8pm • Air NZ flight NZ8193 from Wellington to Timaru on Friday, January 28 between 9am and 10.30am • A private event at New Zealand Sikh Society Temple Te Rapa on Saturday, January 22 between 10am and 5pm
Anyone at these locations during these times must self-isolate and get tested immediately, the ministry said.
2pm update
People who were at Rotorua's Mokoia Community Swabbing Centre at Mokoia Intermediate in Owhata between 9.30am and 3.30pm on Sunday are being told they were at a location of interest.
The ministry advises them to self-monitor for Covid-19 symptoms for 10 days.
"If symptoms develop, get a test and stay at home until you get a negative test result," the ministry said.
One3One Restaurant Cafe & Bar in Paeroa has been identified as a high-risk location of interest after an infected person visited the restaurant on Monday between 6.16pm and 8pm.
The Ministry of Health is asking anyone who was at this restaurant during the specified time to self-isolate and get tested immediately.
One3One Restaurant Cafe & Bar is the latest location to be linked to a Covid-19 case. Photo / Google
"Self-isolate, test immediately and on day five after you were exposed at this location of interest. Further isolation and testing requirements will be provided by Public Health."
The same advice goes to anyone who attended a private event at Gurudwara Mata Sahib Kaur Ji Temple in Te Rapa last weekend.
The event was visited by an infected person last Saturday between 1pm and 4pm.
It is unknown whether these two locations were visited by people infected with the highly contagious Omicron variant.
An update on today's Covid-19 cases is expected after 1pm and the ministry is set to release many more locations of interest throughout the day.
Yesterday, a number of locations visited by cases with the Omicron variant were released.
They included a flight from Auckland to Nelson, the CityFitness Fraser Cove in Tauranga and a private event at Hamilton Gardens Pavilion.
Anyone on flight NZ5077 from Auckland to Nelson on January 16 is now a close contact of an Omicron case. Photo / George Novak
Anyone who was at these locations during the specified time must self-isolate and get tested.
Meanwhile, a dozen concertgoers who attended the Soundsplash music festival in Waikato last weekend have now tested positive for Covid, an infected teenager claims.
Festivalgoers at the Mystery Creek event which experts fear may turn into an Omicron super-spreader. Photo / Supplied
Experts now fear the popular music festival, which saw 8506 people gather on the outskirts of Hamilton from Friday to Sunday, has the makings of a super-spreader event and even accelerated the spread of Omicron across New Zealand.
Earlier this week, the Ministry of Health confirmed one of five infected Aucklanders who attended the festival had tested positive for the highly contagious Omicron variant, and the three-day event at Mystery Creek was now an exposure site.
