This section provides the latest updates, information and advice on COVID-19.
Current situation
New Zealand has 1,472 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19. More information is available on our current cases page. With continued vigilance the chance of widespread community outbreak is expected to remain low.
New Zealand is currently at Alert Level 3 – Restrict. To find out more see:
COVID-19 information on this website is reviewed and updated regularly. This includes advice for Alert Level 3.
Important updates
- Contact tracing phone calls: If you have been identified as a close contact, you can expect calls from Ministry of Health and Healthline. It is important to answer your phone. Find out how to recognise a call from the Ministry or Healthline at Contact tracing.
- Join the COVID-19 surge workforce: We are seeking expressions of interest from health and care professionals who are able and willing to work for a limited amount of time as part of the national strategic approach to managing COVID-19. Find out more.
- Personal protective equipment (PPE): What's important for you to know about PPE for essential workers.
For COVID-19 health advice and information, contact the Healthline team (for free) on 0800 358 5453 or +64 9 358 5453 for international SIMS.
- Accommodation providers
- Air crew and border sector
- Cleaning services
- Deaths, funerals and tangihanga
- Disabled people
- Hospice patients
- Older people
- Parents
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Pregnant women
- Public events and mass gatherings
- Travellers arriving to NZ
- Supporting a person with dementia
- Workplaces
Latest updates
Our advice is under active review and is updated regularly. The latest updates include the following changes to the website:
28 April:
- Updated Border controls with information on exemptions from managed isolation
- Public health guidelines for businesses operating under Alert Level 3
- Alert Level 3 for disabled people
- Updated Getting disability support
- Updated Advice to airline crew on precautions to reduce risk of COVID-19 infection
- Updated Advice for public events and mass gatherings
27 April:
- Updated Information for parents
- Updated Advice for older people and their family and whānau
- Updated Advice for aged care providers – residents with dementia
- Updated Guidance for admissions into aged residential care facilities
- Deaths, funerals and tangihanga at Alert Level 3
- Health Act (COVID-19 Alert Level 3) Order 2020
26 April:
- Updated Guidance for managing staff and residents with COVID-19 infection in aged residential care facilities
- Supporting a person with dementia at home
- Updated Road ambulance transfer of patients
25 April:
24 April:
23 April: