Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that New Zealand will move to move to Alert Level 4 at 11:59pm tonight, 17 August, after a community case was identified in Auckland. The Alert Level will be reviewed after three days for all areas except for Auckland and Coromandel Penninsula which is likely to remain at Level 4 for seven days.
The Sal’s NBL has issued a statement regarding the current event being played in Auckland, here.
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.
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 web site.
- Keeping scanning QR codes if you go out (such as to supermarkets).
- The Government’s COVID-19 website can be found here.
- All our COVID-19 Updates are available here.
We will look to update you all after the Government reviews the Alert Level.
