This afternoon the Prime Minister announced that New Zealand will remain at Alert Level 4 until 11:59pm Tuesday. Cabinet will meet on Monday discuss next steps.
Following Monday’s announcement, Basketball New Zealand will consider how that may affect our upcoming events and communicate further with the basketball community early next week.
In yesterday’s update, it talked about how events may be affected and suggested people should check the refund policies for any accommodation or travel they have booked, in case there is a cut-off date.
The Government has announced a wage subsidy package. More here: https://www.workandincome.govt.nz/covid-19/wage-subsidy/index.html.
The Government has also reinforced the importance of not being complacent…
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A reminder about Alert Level 4
- Only essential services are able to operate.
- All indoor venues and sporting facilities, including clubrooms and gyms, are closed.
- Organised sports and physical activity are not allowed outside of your bubble.
- You can train at home, or outdoor places in your local area. Maintain physical distancing with people outside your bubble.
- Contact activity or sharing equipment/balls with people outside your bubble is prohibited.
- All water-based activities are prohibited because these activities expose participants to danger or may require search and rescue services.
Further reminders:
- The Government is asking everyone to wear a mask and keep a two metre distance whenever you leave your home.
- Practice good hygiene including hand washing.
- If you’re sick, call your doctor or Healthline on 09800 358 5453.
- To remind yourself of what happens at Alert Level 4, go to the COVID-19 website here.
- If you have questions about sports operations at alert levels, please first refer to Sport New Zealand’s Alert guidance here.
- Further Sport NZ guidance on how to manage day to day activities and events as part of pandemic planning and operational management can be found here.
- Detail on the broader range of restrictions in place at Alert Level 4 can be accessed at the Unite Against COVID-19 website.
- Guidance about what you can do in the workplace at COVID-19 alert levels can be obtained from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment here.
- Keeping scanning QR codes if you go out (such as to supermarkets).
- The Government’s COVID-19 website can be found here.
- We know we cannot play basketball outside of our bubbles or host events at Alert Level 3 or 4. At Alert Level 2, the 100 person limit applies. More guidance on what basketball looks like at Alert Level 2 can be found here.
- All our COVID-19 Updates are available here.
