Covid Guidelines Update

If you or your tamariki test positive for COVID-19, it is recommended you isolate for at least 5 days, even if you have mild symptons, starting at Day 0. This includes if you have had COVID-19 before.  

Day 0 is the day your symptons started or when you tested positive, whichever came first. 

Isolation means not going to work or coming to school.

Your Household Contacts do not need to isolate.

If you are a Household Contact of someone who has COVID-19, we recommend you do a RAT each day for 5 days. You are a Household Contact if:

• you normally live in a house or flat on a permanent or part-time basis, for example, shared custody, with a person who has tested positive, and
• you spent at least 1 night or day (more than 8 hours) in that residence while the person was infectious.

Finish your recommended isolation period

After completing your 5 days of recommended isolation, if your symptoms have resolved and you feel well, you can return to your normal activities. 

You do not need a negative RAT result to return to work or school. 

If you still feel unwell at the end of your isolation period

Some people can still be infectious after 5 days. If you are still unwell after you have completed 5 days of recommended isolation, we recommend you stay home until you are recovered.

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand