COVID-19 UPDATE: 11 March 2022

COVID-19 UPDATE: 11 March 2022

Isolation period reduced from 10 to 7 days

 

Kia ora SAE whānau

This week, COVID Response Minister Chris Hipkins announced that the isolation period for COVID-19 cases and their household contact will be reduced from 10 to 7 days.

This reduction to a 7-day isolation period will take effect from midnight tonight.

Household contacts will need 2 negative RAT tests to leave isolation, to be taken on Day 3 and Day 7.

Any SAE students, staff or visitors who have been self-isolating will need that negative Day 7 RAT test in order to return to campus.

The Government’s decision to reduce the isolation period is larger due to the increasing evidence that people are most likely to transmit the Omicron virus earlier in their infectious period. So, please be reassured that any risk associated with having people back on campus after just 7 days of isolation is low.

A reminder that under our RED Safety Protocols, mask use, hand hygiene and physically distancing as much as possible are still in play. These are critical ways of keeping our community safe. And please, if at any time you feel unwell, stay/go home and seek a COVID test if required.

Keep up the great work everyone. Modelling is suggesting that Auckland may be coming over the peak of this Omicron outbreak. I’m sure that our campus will be vibrant and humming with students and staff once more in the not-too-distant future.

Arohanui,

Suzette

Dr Suzette Major

Campus Director, SAE AUCKLAND