New Community Testing Centres (CTCs) opening in metro Auckland
Latest News 31 July 2020 | We’re introducing a new model for delivering testing for COVID-19 in our Auckland communities. Our new community testing centres (CTCs) will replace the community based assessment centres (CBACs) we set up in March and April.
New COVID-19 Community Testing Centres open in metropolitan Auckland this weekend
Media release 31 July 2020 - From this weekend there will be a new model for delivering community testing for COVID-19 in Auckland.
COVID catch up - CM Health Saturday clinics address backlog
Media Release 7 July 2020|Counties Manukau Health (CM Health) has made significant progress in catching up on the backlog of elective surgeries and clinics caused by the COVID-19 lockdown.
COVID-19 Testing - Important information for our community
Latest news 1 July 2020|We have no COVID-19 community cases in AucklandThe last community case of COVID-19 in Auckland was reported on 22 May 2020. The only COVID-19 cases currently in Auckland are people who have recently returned from overseas into managed isolation and quarantine facilities.
Metropolitan Auckland district health boards increase COVID-19 testing capacity; Additional CBACs open in New Lynn and Manurewa
Northern Regional DHB Media Release 27 June 2020 | Community testing capacity in Auckland has been rapidly expanded in response to unprecedented demand earlier this week.
CM Health visitor restrictions remain at Level 2
Media Release 29 May 2020|Counties Manukau Health (CM Health) will continue to have visitor restrictions in place during alert Level 2 with DHB sites only accessible on exceptional and compassionate circumstances.
Visitor Policy
Latest News 13 May 2020|At Alert Level 2, visiting all our sites will continue to be only on essential or compassionate grounds. We must maintain infection prevention control and prepare for potential surges. Our priority is to keep our patients and staff safe.
Middlemore doctor leads COVID-19 treatment trial
Latest News 30 April 2020|A Counties Manukau Health doctor is leading a trial to find possible treatments for COVID-19. Middlemore clinical microbiologist and infectious diseases physician Dr Susan Morpeth is at the helm of the New Zealand arm of an Australasian study (ASCOT: the Australasian COVID-19 Trial).
Covid controls remain at Middlemore ED entry
Latest News 28 April 2020 | Strict entry controls and procedures will remain in place at Middlemore Hospital’s Emergency Department in the Level 3 phase of the Coronavirus response.
Northern Region DHBs test over 40,000 people for COVID-19
Regional Media Release 24 April 2020 | Latest Northern Region Health Communication Centre (NRHCC) data shows that since testing began in February, the Northern Region DHBs (Northland, Waitematā, Auckland and Counties Manukau) have tested more than 40,000 people for COVID-19.