Tararua COVID-19 update
23 February 2022
We have received the following statement provided by MidCentral DHB COVID-19 Senior Responsible Officer Deborah Davies:
We can confirm that members of the community in the Tararua District have tested positive for COVID-19. These cases are located in Dannevirke and Pahiatua.
We now have confirmed active cases of COVID-19 in every district across our rohe (region).
With the shift to Phase 2, positive cases of COVID-19 are no longer managed by our Public Health Unit and are now managed by a national contact tracing organisation. Given this, we do not have access to the same level of information about each case as we did when case numbers were lower and the cases were managed by our internal team.
As COVID-19 is now widespread in the community, we now report new cases of COVID-19 at a DHB level daily, and will report weekly on how many COVID-19 cases are being cared for by our individual community hubs (Manawatū, Tararua, Palmerston North, Ōtaki and Horowhenua).
COVID-19 testingIf you have symptoms of COVID-19, please get tested.
If you do not have symptoms and you have not been identified as a close contact, you do not need a COVID-19 test.
To find COVID-19 testing in Tararua, please visit HealthPoint https://bit.ly/MDHBTest or call the COVID-19 Healthline on 0800 358 5453.