Healthcare – what do you do during ALERT LEVEL 2? (as at 2 Sept, 2020)

Healthcare – what do you do during ALERT LEVEL 2? (as at 31 August, 2020)

1. Feeling well?

You can leave home, but you must follow public health measures and consider others around you
Follow the Alert level 2 directions in place for the Auckland region,

2. Feeling unwell? Do you need testing or care?

If you are in Auckland and have any cold or flu-like symptoms, you should get a COVID-19 test. The symptoms of COVID-19 can include:

If you have any of these symptoms?

1. Call Your family doctor (GP) first -call ahead to find out if you need a test and follow their advice

2. Go to a Designated GP

3. Go to an Urgent Care Clinic, or

4. Final option go to a COVID-19 Testing Centre (CTC)

See list:

Call Healthline, 0800 358 5453 for health advice (choose Option#1 for language support, stay on the line, then say the language you want e.g ‘Korean’.

Strong measures are in place to keep you safe in our hospitals.
Go to your appointments unless you are told otherwise by the service. See each DHB’s info below on their website.

Alert Level 2 visitor rules will be in place. Check your local DHB’s website or Facebook page for information on their hospital visitor policy:

Counties Manukau Health,

3. Is it an Emergency?

· Call 111, OR

· Go to your nearest hospital Emergency Department (ED). ED is open.

Protect yourself and others

You must wear a face covering on public transport if you are aged 12 and over
You are strongly encouraged to wear a face covering when you leave the house,https://covid19.govt.nz/health-and-wellbeing/face-coverings

2m in public e.g. shopping malls, parks
1m in controlled environments where contact tracing and other public health measures are in place e.g cafes, gyms, faith-based settings

Continue to wash your hands for 20 seconds, and sneeze and cough into your elbow
Disinfect commonly used surfaces at home and at work
COVID-19 ‘loves crowds’- Only 10 people max. for all social gatherings except for

funerals and tangi

Keep a record of your daily movements- this will help with contact tracing,https://tracing.covid19.govt.nz
Be kind

Need to talk?

Asian background? Asian Family Services free helpline for English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese, Thai and Hindi languages, 0800 862 342, Monday to Friday, 9am to 8pm, https://www.asianfamilyservices.nz
Former refugee background living in the Auckland region? Free call RASNZ Support & Information Line,

0800 472 769, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm,
https://rasnz.co.nz/covid-19-resources