Auckland at Alert level 3...

 

On the way home from our Valentine's day dinner we were surprised to find out from our eldest that we were going into Alert level 3 as she'd also been notified whilst on a Valentine's evening out.

Whilst returning home, I checked on the 'Unite against COVID-19' App' and found out that it would start at midnight and continue until midnight on Wednesday unless otherwise announced.

That was surprisingly quick as we had learnt only a few days ago that Melbourne was going into Lockdown and now we are also. It does mean that most schools and Early childhood centres are closed except for children of Essential workers for which provisions must be made for them by schools/centres.

It also means that those who are able must work from home and all precautions must be made whilst out and about with the encouragement of wearing masks and ensuring to check the Ministry of Health website in case you were at any of the places in question that the three infected South Auckland positive case family members went to.

Those places include: Papatoetoe high school that the daughter of the couple attends. That school is closed for a deep clean (I assume) with close contacts notified to self isolate and get tested. A location at Auckland Airport in Mangere that the mother works at, with the same applying and several places of interest including locations outside South Auckland that members of the family attended.

For the next three rainy days, my two bubble family/s will be hunkered down and out of circulation as the variant that has been revealed in South Auckland is one that is dangerously transmissible and has taken many lives like those in Europe, South America, USA and South Africa.

Stay safe Auckland and keep abreast of the news with afternoon announcements from the Prime Minister, in the next 3 days, as they try and trace the origin/s of this variant for this family and any other infected persons and to seek if it has been transmitted widely within the community/s...