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COVID-19 Public Advisory - 4 November 2021

Thursday, 4 November 2021, 1:35 pm
Press Release: Waikato District Health Board

Latest update on COVID-19

There were two new cases confirmed in the Waikato overnight. Both cases are from Hamilton, are known contacts of previous cases and were already isolating.

New locations of interest have been added to the Ministry of Health website in Te Awamutu, Ōtorohanga, Hamilton and Tamahere and we encourage people to continue checking the Ministry web page for details.

Pop-up testing sites are operating today in Hamilton, Ngāruawāhia, Ōtorohanga, Te Awamutu, Huntly and Thames.

Anyone who has COVID-19 symptoms is asked to get tested, no matter how mild their symptoms may be. This advice is the same even if people are vaccinated.

Please see www.waikatodhb.health.nz/cbac for a list of pop-up testing sites and designated general practices where anyone can be tested for free, and www.healthpoint.co.nz/covid-19/waikato for all testing providers in the region.

There were 2264 tests processed in Waikato yesterday and 2542 vaccinations.

Location	Number of active cases
Te Awamutu/Kihikihi	29
Hamilton	31
Ōtorohanga	13
Ngāruawāhia	3
Kāwhia	4
80

This brings the total number of cases to 146 with 66 cases recovered.

Anyone who has cold or flu-like symptoms, is following guidance relating to a location of interest, or has been directed by Healthline or a GP should seek a test immediately.

Otherwise, people should call Healthline on 0800 358 5453 or their GP for guidance before seeking a test.

It is free to get a COVID-19 test, wherever you go.

COVID-19 testing centres

Testing locations in and around Waikato are also available on the Healthpoint and Waikato DHB websites

HUNTLY

Te Whare Oranga, 147 Harris Street, Huntly

Thursday 4 November 10am-3pm

Huntly Domain, Wight St, Huntly

Thursday 4 November 10am-3pm

NGĀRUAWĀHIA

Ngāruawāhia Rugby League Club grounds, 19A Whatawhata Avenue

Thursday 4 November 10am-3pm

TE AWAMUTU

Te Awamutu Event Centre carpark, Gorst Avenue, Te Awamutu

Thursday 4 November10am-2pm

ŌTOROHANGA

Ōtorohanga Sports Club carpark, Island Reserve, Orahiri Terrace, Ōtorohanga

Thursday 4 November 11am-3pm

THAMES

Te Korowai O Hauora, 210 Richmond Street, Thames

Saturdays 10am-1pm

HAMILTON

Founders Theatre carpark

Entrance off Norton Road

Daily 8am-4pm

Claudelands Event Centre

Gate 3, Brooklyn Road

Daily 10am-6pm

Te Kōhao Health

951 Wairere Drive, Hamilton East

Daily 10am-4pm

GP practices

General practices across the Waikato are testing patients and designated GPs are testing non-patients also. See Healthpoint for a full list of GPs offering COVID-19 testing or call your GP to check. COVID-19 tests are free. Please ring first to make an appointment.

Latest update on COVID-19 vaccinations

Reporting on vaccination rates is at TLA level is provided by the Ministry of Health. This data is at
2pm 3 November 2021 and is the latest available.

Territorial local authority	1st doses	2nd doses	1st doses as a % of eligible population	Fully vaccinated as a % of eligible population
Hamilton City	128,058	109,916	90.3%	77.5%
Hauraki District	13,579	11,216	79.3%	65.5%
Matamata-Piako District	25,793	21,169	84.8%	69.6%
Ōtorohanga District	6758	5261	78.3%	61.0%
Ruapehu District	5181	4006	77.9%	60.3%
South Waikato District	15,969	12,208	80.1%	61.3%
Thames-Coromandel District	23,403	20,483	84.4%	73.8%
Waikato District	42,052	35,177	85.5%	71.5%
Waipa District	43,835	37,265	91.0%	77.3%
Waitomo District	6593	5138	87.1%	67.9%
Waikato region	311,221	261,839	87.1%	73.3%

Data at SA2 level (approximately equivalent to suburb) is available on the Ministry of Health website.

Vaccination data

To date (as at 10.55am 4 November), 571,860 COVID-19 vaccinations have been delivered at vaccination sites in the Waikato. This includes a small number of third doses for people who are severely immunocompromised.

310,400 first doses have been administered
261,377 second doses have been administered
On 4 November, 2542 vaccinations were delivered across the Waikato.

Pop-up vaccination sites and vaccination clinics

Hours at the Te Awa The Base community vaccination centre in Te Rapa, Hamilton, have been extended from this week. The vaccination centre will now open from 9am to 9pm every Thursday and Friday, starting 28 October, until Christmas to cater for people who cannot be vaccinated during normal working hours.

There are number of pop-up vaccination centres operating across the Waikato this week. Details are at www.waikatodhb.health.nz/covid19mobile.

The Cambridge community vaccination centre at Cambridge Community Marae is closed. Vaccinations will continue to be available at Cambridge Medical Centre (bookings essential via www.bookmyvaccine.nz or 0800 28 29 26) and Unichem Cambridge (offering both walk-ins and bookings). There is good capacity at both sites to support the community. Vaccinations are free wherever you go.

Mobile vaccination clinics are rolling out across the takiwā with regular visits to locations through to the end of the year. The schedule is on the Waikato DHB website and will be regularly updated with more dates and locations.
Also visit the Waikato DHB FB page for up-to-date mobile vaccination clinic locations.
In Hamilton and elsewhere in the Waikato, you can get your vaccinations at GPs, pharmacies, mobile sites and at our vaccination centres. There's lots of options, so come along and meet the friendly vaccination teams.
Walk-in appointments are available at many vaccination sites across the Waikato.
People can now also bus free to and from their vaccination appointment if they show proof of their booking. See busit.co.nz/vaccination for more details.

Reminder - Making a vaccination appointment

Although walk-ins are available at many vaccination sites, the best way of guaranteeing a vaccination on the time, day and place of your choosing is still to book.

If you have made a booking and are not able to attend your appointment, please cancel your booking so someone else can use that appointment time.
If you are unsure when your appointment is, check on the booking system at https://app.bookmyvaccine.covid19.health.nz/manage using your contact number or email address and booking reference. Alternatively, you can call 0800 28 29 26 for assistance.
Everyone aged 12+ can now visit bookmyvaccine.nz to make their bookings.
We ask everyone when attending their appointments under Alert Level 3 to follow the key public health measures detailed on the Unite Against COVID-19 website.

If people have flu-like symptoms

Do not come into the hospital if you have cold or flu-like symptoms.

If you are concerned about your risk of COVID-19, please ring Healthline (0800 358 5453). They will tell you if you need to be tested and what to do next.

It is free to get a COVID-19 test
GPs are able to provide assessment and testing – please phone your practice first
Please do not turn up to your GP without an appointment
After hours, you can be seen at an urgent care clinic
We recommend you take your NHI number with you, which can speed up the timeframe to receive your test results.

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