Coronavirus
10:45am Tue 18 Oct, 2022
The number of people recorded as hospitalised with Covid-19 throughout the pandemic has risen from 14,043 to 19,476 after a review found a coding error led to... Read More
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02:00pm Mon 17 Oct, 2022
The Ministry of Health is reporting 14,311 new community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand in the past week. This is over 3000 more than what was reported in the... Read More
10:10am Fri 14 Oct, 2022
New Zealand has recorded its first case of the new Omicron subvariant BQ.1.1, and epidemiologist Michael Baker says a return to some kind of alert level system... Read More
06:45am Wed 12 Oct, 2022
A vaccinologist says she will not be rushing to get her fourth immunisation against Covid-19. Adults in Australia can now get Moderna's Omicron Covid-19 booster... Read More
06:45am Tue 11 Oct, 2022
The main Omicron subvariant in this country is becoming less dominant as new subvariants rise up, recent data suggests. But warming temperatures in the lead-up... Read More
01:19pm Tue 27 Sep, 2022
There are 9809 new community cases of Covid-19 in the country today. There have been 54 virus-related deaths in that time. One of those who died was less than... Read More
11:57am Wed 21 Sep, 2022
WATCH LIVE: Deputy-Director General and head of the Public Health Agency Dr Andrew Old is providing an update on the Covid-19 response at 12 noon. Dr Old is... Read More
10:10am Tue 20 Sep, 2022
Dunedin plumber Rory Nairn died from myocarditis caused by the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, a coroner has found. It is the second death ruled to have been caused... Read More
04:00pm Mon 19 Sep, 2022
There have been 9606 cases of Covid-19 reported in the community over the past week and the seven-day rolling average of case numbers is 1369. There are 435... Read More
07:30am Wed 14 Sep, 2022
The first man to be charged with sabotage in New Zealand has opted to fight a separate Covid-19 infringement charge of $300, citing the Magna Carta and 'the wisdom... Read More
01:13pm Tue 13 Sep, 2022
Today, the Ministry of Health is reporting 1941 community cases and 241 current hospitalisations. The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today... Read More
06:45am Tue 13 Sep, 2022
The government's decision to scrap the Covid-19 Protection Framework is reasonable, but it is a mistake to drop mask mandates for public transport, an epidemiologist... Read More
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