Media release – Dr Mark Veitch, Director of Public Health, 24 February 2021
COVID-19 update: New Zealand
Tasmania’s Director of Public Health has tonight declared the Auckland Region in New Zealand to be a high-risk COVID-19 location. This follows three additional cases linked to earlier cases by a school.
The Australian Government tonight designated Auckland as a Commonwealth hotspot. This means no person who has been in Auckland in the last 14 days will be permitted to board a flight into Australia reserved for quarantine-free travel.
Anyone who is currently in mainland Australia who has been in the Auckland region in the past 14 days and is planning to travel to Tasmania will not be permitted to enter unless approved as an Essential Traveller.
Public Health Services is contacting people who have been in New Zealand in the past 14 days and have recently arrived in Tasmania to ensure they have not been in one of the newly declared hot spots in New Zealand (COVID-19: Contact tracing locations of interest | Ministry of Health NZ).
If anyone has cold or flu-like symptoms, even mild, contact the Public Health Hotline on 1800 671 738 to book a test.
