Face Mask Protocol and Guidance
Protocol and guidance on the use of face masks, where it is required and what to consider when selecting a face mask, how to wear (put on and take off), store, wash, and make a face mask.
December 31, 2020
COVID-19
Top 10 Public Health Tips
Health ministry Te Marae Ora has released 10 simple and effective public health measures to help guide the public protect themselves and their families and communities. From this week you will find the attached poster in public spots around the island
November 20, 2020
Being thankful, kind, and compassionate
I wish to extend our appreciation to the two casual contacts who returned last Friday. What I appreciate most about these two young people, has been their courage to be honest regarding their movements in Auckland in the week prior to travel. Their actions have helped protect the people of the Cook Islands and we must be thankful.
November 16, 2020
November 16, 2020
Precautionary measures taken for today’s arrivals
Two arriving passengers were identified as having visited one of the venues that the recently identified COVID-19 case in Auckland had visited. They have been placed in supervised quarantine as a precautionary measure alongside a third passenger who was seated beside one of the casual contacts.
November 13, 2020
Strengthening our preparedness, readiness and response plans and maintaining vigilance
We continue to learn more about this virus every day. The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 is adept and stealthy. And even though the risk is low there will always be the possibility it will get here and by the time we realise it is here it will have spread if public health measures are not practiced now
November 6, 2020
Cabinet lifts supervised quarantine requirement on entry to the Cook Islands
The Cook Islands Cabinet met today and approved the continuation of the air border closure for inwards passenger travel, with exemptions, which no longer include 14 days supervised quarantine on arrival.
October 29, 2020
Akaue’anga turanga tuatau akara’anga matatio
I teia nei te tuku nei te Teketere Ma’ata o te Marae Ora i teta’i akaue’anga turanga tuatau akara’anga matatio, ki te au tangata ravarai ka tomo mai ki roto i te Kuki Airani(patete no vao ake i te patireia) koia oki te Varaire 23 Okotopa 2020.
October 21, 2020
Category Quarantine Order – international arrivals 23 October 2020
The Secretary of Health issues a category quarantine order for all persons arriving in the Cook Islands on Friday 23 October 2020,
October 20, 2020
Inconsiderate actions towards others leads to another breach
The husband of a couple who arrived back in Rarotonga on Friday 9th October today breached his quarantine order by handing over his phone to his daughter who then took it to Vodafone in search of a new SIM card.
October 19, 2020
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