10:10am Wed 07 Jun, 2023
The Ministry of Health is reporting 12,028 new cases of Covid-19 that have been reported in New Zealand in the week to midnight on Sunday, and a further 59 deaths... Read More
09:10am Wed 17 May, 2023
During the last week, there have been 11739 new cases of Covid-19 reported and 5682 reinfections. There are 247 cases in hospital as of midnight Sunday and six... Read More
03:00pm Sat 06 May, 2023
The World Health Organisation says that Covid-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that... Read More
11:45am Tue 18 Apr, 2023
It is time to "de-prioritise" the response to Covid-19, which will now be no worse than the flu for the majority of the population, an epidemiologist says. University... Read More
09:10am Mon 17 Apr, 2023
Epidemiologist Michael Baker says that the country is experiencing its fourth wave of Covid-19 infection and warns people to stay vigilant. He says it's not... Read More
07:00am Tue 11 Apr, 2023
Cabinet ministers will today consider whether to relax the few remaining Covid-19 restrictions with an announcement expected this week. Most pandemic rules were... Read More
02:00pm Tue 28 Mar, 2023
There have been 11,258 new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand over the past week and 76 further deaths attributed to the coronavirus. Of the new cases,... Read More
08:30am Tue 07 Feb, 2023
There is still no decision on the fate of the Covid-19 Leave Support Scheme, with Government officials saying discussions are ongoing. The scheme was introduced... Read More
02:00pm Tue 24 Jan, 2023
There have been 13,880 new cases of Covid-19 over the past week, the Ministry of Health has reported. The seven-day rolling average of community cases is 1979... Read More
07:00am Thu 12 Jan, 2023
A Wellington medical company is running a trial of a combined vaccine for both flu and Covid-19. P3 Research managing director Richard Stubbs believes the combined... Read More
08:30am Tue 10 Jan, 2023
The XBB.1.5 variant of Covid-19, also known as 'Kraken', has been detected in New Zealand, says the Ministry of Health. Whole genome sequencing results... Read More
01:00pm Sat 31 Dec, 2022
The government has confirmed the groups of frontline workers to receive a Covid-19 Response Recognition Award, a specific acknowledgement of the service given... Read More