Supervised Quarantine and Medical Clearance Policy
This policy guides the Cook Islands Government repatriation programme for stranded residents affected by border restrictions issued in March 2020.
April 22, 2020
Cook Islands marks World Health Day
This year on World Health Day we salute our nurses and midwives. We salute them even more so in these anxious times we are going through. It’s a terrible cliche but nonetheless true that some of the finest people we’ll ever know will be nurses and midwives.
April 7, 2020
School holidays extended by a further 2 weeks
The Government today announced all schools will remain closed for now – the current school holidays will be extended by a further two weeks. All primary and secondary school students are now required to stay at home until 19 April
March 29, 2020
“Wash your hands of misinformation” Secretary of Health urges people to practise information hygiene
Te Marae Ora Ministry of Health, says people need to check the
facts before they share COVID-19 stories and posts. The COVID-19 Act 2020 makes it an offence to publish false information.
March 29, 2020
Policy statement on Supervised Quarantine and Medical Clearance in New Zealand
This policy statement issued March 2020 outlines the initial supervised quarantine process in New Zealand, for stranded residents affected by border restrictions issued March 2020.
March 26, 2020
COVID-19 Act 2020
The COVID-19 Act was passed by Parliament on 25 March 2020. The purpose of the Act is to implement measures to prevent, limit or mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and its effects.
March 25, 2020
Partial closure of Punanga Nui market
Only food, fruit and vege stalls to be open at Punanganui Market from this Saturday
March 25, 2020
COVID-19 Act Enacted
The government has introduced new legislation which provides the legal framework necessary to facilitate the national response to prevent, limit or mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and its effects.
March 25, 2020
Cook Islands move to Code Yellow Alert
The Cook Islands will move to Code Yellow alert at 6pm Wednesday 25 March as the country implements its COVID-19 emergency response plan.
March 24, 2020
Latest results in: no COVID-19 cases detected
Te Marae Ora has sent over 80 COVID-19 swab tests to NZ for analysis. So far 11 results have tested negative for COVID-19. The first wave of results include one of the three persons of interest being monitored by Te Marae Ora
There remains no known cases of COVID-19 in the Cook Islands
March 24, 2020
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