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COVID-19 assessment and testing

Waikato DHB is investigating a number of locations of interest which have been identified in the Waikato region as a result of a truck driver who tested positive for COVID-19 on 15 September. Please be assured that evidence to date indicates these were low risk events.

Currently, anyone who was at a Waikato location of interest during the times identified is considered a Casual Contact and asked to self-monitor for COVID-19 symptoms for 14 days from when they visited the location. See the Ministry of Health website and this document for guidance for Casual Contacts.

If you need immediate or urgent help, do not hesitate to seek medical care by calling 111 for an ambulance or going to your nearest hospital emergency department. Let staff know straight away that you’re concerned you may have symptoms associated with COVID-19.

If you have cold or flu-like symptoms and are concerned about your risk of COVID-19, please ring Healthline (0800 358 5453) first. They will tell you if you need to be tested and what to do next. 

  • It is free to get a COVID-19 test.
  • All GPs are able to provide assessment and testing – please phone your practice first. 
  • Please do not turn up to your GP without an appointment. 
  • After hours you can be seen at an urgent care clinic. 

Pop-up testing - 18 September 
Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki is running a special clinic on Saturday 18 September
210 Richmond Street, Thames
Saturday 10am - 3pm

If you have symptoms or have been notified to have a test. 

COVID-19 Testing Centres

Please note:

  • No appointment is needed
  • Be prepared to wait and do not get out of the car (staff will take a swab through your car window)
  • We thank you for your patience and kindness while staff deliver this service

Hamilton Community Testing Centre
Founders Theatre car park
Entrance off Norton Road
8am - 4pm, 7 days a week

(Claudelands pop-up testing centre now closed)
 

Designated General Practices

Please ring first to make an appointment. These general practices will take people who don’t have a regular doctor and are not enrolled at a general practice. Other GP practices are testing enrolled patients. See Healthpoint for a full list of GPs offering testing or call your GP to check. COVID-19 tests are free wherever you have one.
Anglesea Urgent Care Hamilton
07 858 0800
Gate 1, 3 Thackary Street
Hamilton		 7 days a week, 24 hours. Between 8am and 4pm, testing at Founders Community Testing Centre (no appointment necessary). Call the clinic after these hours to make an appointment.
Coromandel Family Health
07 866 8500
80 Kapanga Road
Coromandel		 Monday - Friday 10am to 3pm. All patients to call the clinic and make an appointment in advance.
Glenview Medical Centre, Hamilton
07 843 4429
1 Urlich Ave, Melville, Hamilton		 Monday - Friday 8am to 5pm. All patients to call the clinic and make an appointment in advance.
Hamilton Lake Clinic
07 839 0092
31 Pembroke Street		 Monday - Friday 8.30am to 7pm. 
Health Te Aroha
07 8848 053
28 Church Street, Te Aroha		 Monday - Friday 9am to 3pm. Ideal to have referring practices give notice, or patients to call in advance.
Matamata Medical Centre
07 881 9102
56 Rawhiti Avenue, Matamata		 Monday - Friday 9am to 4.30pm. People to call the clinic and make an appointment in advance.
Mercury Bay Medical Centre
07 866 5911
87 Albert St, Whitianga
www.mbmc.co.nz		 All patients to call the clinic and make an appointment in advance. 
Paeroa Medical Centre
07 862 8755
4 Queen Street, Paeroa		 Monday - Friday 9.30am to 3.30pm, Saturday 9am to 11am. All patients to call the clinic and make an appointment in advance. 
Raglan Medical Centre
07 825 0114
9 Wallis Street, Raglan		 All patients to call the clinic to make a booking in advance. 
Te Kauwhata Medical Centre
07 826 3499
12 Main Road, Te Kauwhata		 All patients to call the clinic to make a booking in advance. 
Te Kohao Health drive-through, Hamilton
0800 4 TEKOHAO (8356426)
21 Maui Street, Te Rapa, Hamilton		 Monday - Friday 10am to 2pm. No appointment necessary.
Te Korowai O Hauora Thames
0508 835 676
210 Richmond Street, Thames		 Monday - Friday 9am to 12pm, 1pm to 4pm. All patients to call the clinic and make an appointment in advance. 
Te Korowai O Hauora Whitianga
0508 835 676
2 Coghill Street, Whitianga		 All patients to call the clinic and make an appointment in advance. 
Te Kuiti Medical Centre
07 878 7878
28 Ailsa Street, Te Kuiti		 Ideal to have referring practices give notice, or patients to call in advance 
Thames Medical Centre
07 868 9444
817 Rolleston Street, Thames		 Please call the practice to make an an appointment in advance. 
Tokoroa Family Health
07 886 5431
Gate 3, Tokoroa Hospital, Maraetai Road, Tokoroa		 Please call the practice to make an an appointment in advance. 
Tokoroa Medical Centre
07 886 8777
57-75 Maraetai Road, Tokoroa		 Please call the practice to make an an appointment in advance. 
Tui Medical Te Rapa, Hamilton
0800 175 175
26 Bryant Road, Te Rapa, Hamilton		 7 days a week, 9am to 3pm. All patients to call the clinic and make an appointment in advance. 
Victoria Clinic & Urgent Care, Hamilton
07 834 0333
173 Anglesea Street, Hamilton		 7 days a week, 8am to 8pm. Please call the clinic to make an appointment in advance.
Waihi Family Doctors
07 863 2112
43 Kenny Street, Waihi		 Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 3pm. Please call the practice to make an appointment.
Waihi Health Centre
07 863 8195
1 Mueller Street, Waihi		 Monday to Friday, 1pm to 3pm. Please call the practice to make an appointment.
Whangamata Medical Centre
07 865 8032
103 Lincoln Rd, Whangamata		 Monday - Friday 1pm to 5pm. Call to make an appointment in advance. 

Symptoms:

  • a new or worsening cough
  • fever (at least 38˚C)
  • shortness of breath
  • a sore throat
  • sneezing and runny nose
  • temporary loss of smell.

 

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If you need to travel to see a health professional, a face mask should be worn. For example, people with symptoms of COVID-19 who are asked to undertake a test should wear a face mask during their travel to the appropriate testing facility.

For current advice visit the Ministy of Health website.

Test results from swabs are generally available within 2-5 days from your GP.

If positive, the Waikato Public Health Unit will notify you, and work with you to manage your health.

You will be greeted by healthcare staff wearing personal protective equipment.

At the drive-thru/walk-thru centre, you will be asked COVID-19 screening questions to work out if a swab is needed (this can be done over the phone by Healthline). A swab may be done in a dedicated testing space by staff or from inside your car.

If you visit your General Practitioner, they may be operating slightly differently and be using green / yellow / red zones to streamline and manage people with or without respiratory symptoms. This helps protect patients and staff from respiratory infections.

If you meet the Ministry of Health’s Higher Index of suspicion (HIS) – you will be asked to self-isolate.

If you are swabbed for cold or flu like symptoms, you may be required to self-isolate, but you should not go to work if you are sick to prevent spreading your infection to others.

Call Healthline for advice for free on 0800 358 5453, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The medical professionals at Healthline will help you decide what to do next based on the information you provide.

For general guidance on COVID-19, the Ministry of Health has good information and resources to help you stay safe: www.COVID19.govt.nz