Pursuant to clauses 16A and 59 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Air Border) Order 2021 (“Order”), I, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health, hereby specify the following to be specified symptoms for the purposes of clause 16A of the Order:

1. new or worsening cough;
2. sore throat;
3. fever;
4. shortness of breath;
5. sneezing;
6. runny rose;
7. temporary loss of smell or altered sense of taste.

This notice will come into force at 11.59pm on 27 February 2022.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of February 2022.

Dr ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD, Director-General of Health.