If you are unwell
If you have cold, flu or COVID-19 symptoms, get a test as soon as you start to feel unwell. Doing a test and reporting the result means you can get the help you need as early as possible.
Check the list of COVID-19 symptoms
If you are a Household Contact of someone with COVID-19
If you are a Household Contact of someone who has COVID-19, we recommend you do a RAT each day for 5 days.
You are a Household Contact if:
- you normally live in a house or flat on a permanent or part-time basis, for example, shared custody, with a person who has tested positive, and
- you spent at least 1 night or day (more than 8 hours) in that residence while the person was infectious.
You are also a Household Contact if you do not normally share a residence with the person who has COVID-19, but spent a night together in the same room.
For people travelling or holidaying around New Zealand, Household Contacts include people who share non-communal holiday accommodation such as a hotel room, tent, campervan, or temporary holiday home such as a bach or AirBNB.