Southern DHB Public Health staff have released a list of the places and businesses in Queenstown visited between July 1 - 4 by a traveller who has tested positive for COVID-19 in South Korea after travelling from New Zealand.

SDHB public health physician Dr Michael Butchard is advising people who were in Queenstown, Te Anau and Milford on these dates and currently have COVID-19 symptoms, or have had possible COVID-19 symptoms since July 2, to be tested.

“At this stage we are not advising asymptomatic people to be tested unless the person has been contacted by public health and identified as a close contact, or a contact of a contact.”

Michael said public health staff continue working to identify and trace people in Queenstown and Fiordland who may have been in contact with the traveller. This included contacting the businesses and places he had visited.

It is known the traveller visited the following places:

Companies Date and time of exposure:

• Queenstown Holiday Park 01/07/2020 arrived at 5:00pm
• Jucy Tours Bus 02/07/2020 Jucy Tours (QT to Milford and return)
• Milford Sound Boat cruise 02/07/2020 at 1:30pm
• Fergburger 02/07/2020 at 8:00pm
• Four Square 02/07/2020 approx. 9:00pm
• Kawarau Bridge Zip Line 03/07/2020 at 9:00am
• Hikari Teppanyaki restaurant 03/07/2020 at 11:00am
• Strike Bowl – Swiss-Belresort 03/07/2020 from 2:30pm - 4:00pm
• Farelli Italian Restaurant 03/07/2020 7:00pm - 8:30pm
• Ferg Gelato 03/07/2020 after 8:30pm
• Luge Queenstown 04/07/2020 morning

Anyone who was in Queenstown during these dates and who has experienced COVID-19 symptoms is asked to contact their GP to arrange a free test, or if you are in the Southern district call 0800 VIRUS 19.

Any contacts who are experiencing symptoms will be asked to self-isolate until their test results are back.

“We thank all the businesses involved, and the wider community, for their support as we seek to find any evidence of community transmission. New Zealand has not needed to live under the restrictions much of the rest of the world is experiencing for several months, and we do not want to lose this hard-won position, so everyone’s assistance remains important,” Michael said.

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