Covid-19 Club Information

Fencibles guidelines for Covid-19

Please contact our Administration Manager, Jeannine Melville. admin@fencibles.org.nz for any covid related questions or concerns

 

Who is a Close Contact

You are a Close Contact if you have had contact with a person with COVID-19 when they were infectious. Close Contacts are at higher risk of getting COVID-19.

You are a Close Contact in the following situations.

If you live with someone who is positive.

If you have been close (within 1.5 metres) to someone who is positive:

• for more than 15 minutes and they were not wearing a mask or not wearing it properly.

 

If you have had direct contact with someone who is positive. For example:

• kissing
• sharing a cigarette, vape or drink bottle
• if the person coughed or sneezed directly on you.

 

If you spent time in an indoor space with someone who is positive for more than 1 hour and at least one of the following:

• they were singing, shouting, smoking, vaping, exercising, or dancing
• they were not wearing a mask or it was not on properly
• it was poorly ventilated
• it was smaller than 100m2 (about 3 double garages).

 

How you will be notified

If you have been identified as a Close Contact of someone with COVID-19, you may be notified by:

• the person who is positive
• a text message from the National Investigation and Tracing Centre (NITC)
• an orange Bluetooth alert on the NZ COVID Tracer app dashboard if you were close to someone who is positive
• a yellow notification on the NZ COVID Tracer app dashboard if you scanned in at a location of interest
• your employer or school.

 

What you need to do

If you are a household contact

You are a household Close Contact if you live with someone who is positive for COVID-19. Whether you are vaccinated or not, you need to:

• stay home and self-isolate from others for 10 days from the day the person with COVID-19 tests positive or is notified as a probable case
• get a test for COVID-19 on day 3, and on day 8 of the isolation period
• get another test straight away if you develop COVID-19 symptoms.

 

If all tests are negative and you have no symptoms, you can complete isolation at the same time as the person who has COVID-19.

If you do not live with the positive person

Whether you are vaccinated or not, you need to:

• stay home and self-isolate from others for 7 days from your last contact with the case
• get a test for COVID-19 on day 5 after your last contact with the case
• get another test straight away if you develop COVID-19 symptoms.

 

You can end your self-isolation after 7 days, if you have no symptoms and your day 5 test was negative.

How to self-isolate

 

Close Contact Exemption Scheme

Some people who are Close Contacts and critical workers will still be able to go to work, if they are asymptomatic and have a negative RAT before going to work. Your employer will let you know if this applies to you.

Critical workers

Testing and returning to work during Omicron | business.govt.nz(external link)

 

Secondary contacts — if you live with a Close Contact

You are considered a secondary contact if a household member is a Close Contact and they have been asked to isolate.

If you are a secondary contact you may need stay at home until the Close Contact returns a negative day 5 test result.

If the Close Contact develops symptoms after a day 5 negative test, secondary contacts may need to stay home again until a further negative test result is returned.

If one or more household members of the Close Contact develop symptoms they should:

• get a test
• stay home until they get a negative test result and
• it has been 24 hours without symptoms.

 

Source:

https://covid19.govt.nz/testing-and-tracing/contact-tracing/close-contacts/

 

Sport at Red

You can attend sports events and play sport at Red, with My Vaccine Pass restrictions.

Key points

• Indoor and outdoor sports events can go ahead.
• They are limited to 100 people if everyone has a My Vaccine Pass.
• They are limited to 25 people if My Vaccine Passes are not being used.
• Children under the age of 12 years and 3 months do not need to provide a My Vaccine Pass to enter places with a vaccination requirement.
• We encourage you to wear a face mask whenever you leave your home.
• Scan the QR code or keep a record of where you have been.

 

Outdoor community sports

Outdoor community sport, like organised social touch rugby, can go ahead at Red, with restrictions.

With My Vaccine Pass

If a venue for outdoor community sport chooses to follow My Vaccine Pass requirements, only people with My Vaccine Pass are allowed to be there.

Children under the age of 12 years and 3 months do not need to provide a My Vaccine Pass to enter places with a vaccination requirement.

There can be up to 100 people based on 1-metre distancing in a defined space at the venue at any time.

As there can be multiple defined spaces, this means:

• you can have multiple groups of spectators — they need to be 2 metres from any other group, and
• multiple games running at once — they must be 2 metres away from other groups.

 

The capacity limit does not include staff at the venue.

• My Vaccine Pass
• Get vaccinated

 

Without My Vaccine Pass

If a venue for outdoor community sport chooses not to operate with My Vaccine Pass requirements, there can be up to 25 people in a defined space at the venue at any time.

For example, a game of football with 11 players each side can go ahead. A group of spectators up to 25 people can be watching from the sidelines. Spectators should remain 2 metres apart from players.

They can be a mix of people with and without My Vaccine Pass.

The limit does not include staff at the venue.

 

At a controlled-access event

If you are playing in or watching a controlled-access event, then you must follow the rules for events. They involve ticketing, registration or another way to control access. They can be held either at a commercial or private venue.

 

Source: Sport NZ