Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed last night that there have been three positive cases of COVID-19 reported in South Auckland, connected to the border.
Accordingly, from Sunday February 14, 11.59pm, the Auckland region will enter level 3 restrictions, and the rest of the country level 2.
What does this mean for the automotive trade? Under level 3 dealers can transact business, but if staff can work from home they should, and customers must not enter the premises. Vehicle handovers must be made in a contactless way.
Contact tracing measures must be in place.
For service departments, there must be no contact with customers. Again handovers should be made in a contactless way with appropriate sanitisation measures taken.
Under level 2, businesses can open, staff can be at work if needed, however contact tracing measures should be in place, social distancing should be practiced and sanitisation measures should be in place. You can read our guide from earlier this year regarding level two HERE.
More information is available from the official Unite against COVID-19 website.
