Alert Level 2 advise for the hospitality sector

For dine-in customers, restaurants, cafes and bars must:

• have customers seated

• keep groups of attendees separated 1 metre apart

• have a single server per group, where practical

• keep records of all customers and workers to enable contact tracing People can order and collect from a counter, except for on-licence and club-licence premises.

Businesses can operate with defined, separated areas. The 100 person (10 for Auckland) maximum applies per area, as long as intermingling in common spaces, like entrances, exits and toilets, can be prevented. This also applies to separate businesses that operate from the same location. Premises that serve alcohol with an on-licence must offer table service only.

Have alternative systems

Businesses must also have a contract tracing system — like a contact tracing register — for customers who do not use the NZ COVID Tracer app.

The Ministry of Health or District Health Boards may contact a business if a person is diagnosed with COVID-19 and the business is a potential contact. They will ask for your register for the time that person visited. Contact tracing information will not be used for any other purpose.

Keep your contact tracing register in a secure place for 2 months. Once all records on a page are 2 months old, they should be destroyed.

You should only share your register with the Ministry of Health or District Health Boards. Your contact tracing register or record-keeping system should collect employees or visitors':

• full name

• phone number

• date of entering the business

• time in and out.

-courtesy www.covid19.govt.nz