COVID-19: Bar, beauty salon among new locations of interest on Sunday

Mount Mellick Bar in Mount Maunganui.
Mount Mellick Bar in Mount Maunganui. Photo credit: Google Maps

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A beauty salon and a bar are among new locations of interest reported on Sunday in Rotorua, Mount Maunganui and Kerikeri.

Four new locations were added to the Ministry of Health's website today.

In Rotorua, Jaid Beauty Salon was listed as having been visited by a positive case on November 16, between 4:15pm and 6pm.

Those who were present at this time are asked to self-isolate, test immediately and on day five following exposure.

Four Square Kouto in Rotorua was also listed, with an exposure event occurring on November 19, between 1:30pm and 2.45pm. Advice for this location is to self-monitor for COVID-19 symptoms for 14 days and to get tested if any develop.

Mount Mellick Bar in Mount Maunganui was listed as an exposure event on November 12 from 9:45pm to 11:59pm and on November 13 from 12am to 1:30am.

Advice for this location was also to self-isolate, test immediately and on day five following exposure.

In Kerikeri, a branch of Subway was reported as being visited by a person with COVID-19 on November 12 between 12pm and 1pm, with those present asked to monitor for symptoms for 14 days.

Today there were 149 new community cases of COVID-19 reported in New Zealand, with 140 in Auckland, six in Waikato, three in Northland, two in the Bay of Plenty and one in Canterbury.

A positive case was also reported in Hawke's Bay, from a person who had travelled to the area from Auckland with a travel exemption. This case was included in case numbers previously announced, as they were tested in Auckland before travelling out.

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