Positive COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Invercargill and Gore.
If any locations of interest are identified they will be published on the Ministry of Health website:
covid19.govt.nz/testing-and-tracing/locations-of-interest/
If you live in, or have visited, the Invercargill or Gore area recently please check this list. It is updated regularly.
The SDHB asks anyone with cold or flu like symptoms, no matter how mild, to get tested for COVID-19 and isolate at home until a negative test result is returned. This includes anyone who is vaccinated.
The most common early symptoms of the Omicron variant is a sore or scratchy throat, and a runny nose. If you have these symptoms, please get tested as soon as possible.
The known cases are currently isolating at their respective homes and at this stage the COVID-19 variant has not been confirmed. Both cases recently visited the Queenstown area.
These cases will be counted in tomorrows Ministry of Health case numbers.
Investigation into the source of this case is ongoing.
Testing locations
Testing is available throughout the Southern district. Get tested if you have cold or flu like symptoms, even if they are mild, or if you have been at a location of interest. Stay home or at your accommodation until you return a negative COVID-19 test result, and you are symptom free.
Covid-19 testing in free.
Testing is available throughout the Southern district at many general practices. Please do not go to your general practice, after-hours/urgent care provider, or local emergency department if you need a COVID-19 test. Please call your GP first or the Southern Health phone number: 0800 VIRUS19 (0800 847 8719)
You can find regional specific information about general practices offering testing on the WellSouth website: https://wellsouth.nz/community/covid-19/
Walk in and drive through testing is also available at the following sites.
Invercargill
Invercargill Awarua Whānau Services and WellSouth Covid Community Testing Centre
Drive Through/Walk In – No Appointment Required
11am to 5pm
Newfield Tavern, Invercargill
Car park at the rear, entrance off Regent Street
For more information please visit the WellSouth website https://wellsouth.nz/community/covid-19/ or call 0800 VIRUS19 (0800 847 8719)