This page contains information for health professionals. For information for the general public, please click here.

The COVID-19 HIS notification process has been discontinued. Please follow the latest Ministry of Health guidance regarding case definition and testing.

Information for health professionals

Ministry of Health links:

• Case definition of COVID-19 infection
• Advice for health professionals
• Information for primary care
• Information for aged care, disability and hospice providers
  
• Self-isolation, managed isolation/quarantine
• Public Health Advisory: Reporting COVID-related deaths process
• Community COVID-19 Death Notification Password to open this file is available from Public Health Advisory sent 7 April 2022 or from 04 570 9267

Public Health information:

• Public Health alerts
  
• Current situation in the Wellington region

Community testing centres

• Find the nearest testing centres at https://healthpoint.co.nz/covid-19/ 

COVID-19 vaccination information

• Ministry of Health - COVID-19: Vaccine planning
• Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC)

PPE resources

• Donning and doffing PPE - 9 March 2020 (CCDHB)
• PPE N95 donning and doffing (CCDHB Vimeo)
• Donning Doffing PPE Mask Visor (CCDHB Vimeo)
• NEJM Procedure: Collection of Nasopharyngeal Specimens with the Swab Technique - New England Journal of Medicine (Youtube)
  
• Personal protective equipment use in health care (MoH link)

Useful links

• World Health Organization (WHO)
• Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC)
  
• Ministry of Education: Information for the education sector, and parents, caregivers and whānau of learners
• Unite against COVID-19 website

Resources

Posters and other resources for business/facilities are available on the Unite against COVID-19 website.