Playgrounds have been closed since the Covid-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown came in, but this was not made clear at popular Dunedin playground Marlow Park yesterday. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERYPlaygrounds remain closed under Covid-19 Alert Level 3, but the Dunedin City Council considers signs unnecessary. People visiting playgrounds should follow official advice, including about physical distancing, and must not use playground equipment, council community services general manager Simon Pickford said. Playground equipment had been off-limits from August 18 under Level 4 and this was continuing today in Level 3, but the city’s parks and reserves would remain open. Businesspeople returning to work were advised to run the taps for five minutes, or water would taste ‘‘strange’’.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 31, 2021 16:32 UTC