Contact tracing

Contact tracing notifies people who may have been exposed to COVID-19. Find out how it works and what you need to do if you are a Household or Close Contact.

How contact tracing works

Information on contact tracing, how to support contact tracing if you test positive, and getting alerts from the NZ COVID Tracer app.

Household Contacts

You are a Household Contact if you live with, or spend a night with, someone who has COVID-19. We recommend you test daily for 5 days with a rapid antigen test.

Close Contacts

You are a Close Contact if you had contact with someone with COVID-19 when they were infectious. Close Contacts do not need to isolate.

How to use the contact tracing form

If you test positive for COVID-19 you will get a text message with a link to the online contact tracing form. It lets you share details of where you have been and if you need support.

NZ COVID Tracer app

The NZ COVID Tracer app helps you protect yourself, your whānau, and your community by enabling faster contact tracing.

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