Checkpoint for Saturday 21 March 2020

5:51 PM.A woman in Seattle who has recovered from Covid-19 is warning people not to panic but to take the virus and precautions seriously. Read more Video, Audio

5:39 PM.New Zealand has moved to a four stage alert system in the battle against Covid-19. The level on March 21 is level two.

Lisa Owen takes listeners' questions to microbiologist Dr Siouxsie Wiles. Read more Video, Audio

5:33 PM.Health officials cannot rule out the possibility of community transmission in two confirmed Covid-19 cases. 

Unlike the other cases, these two cases cannot immediately be linked to overseas travel -… Read more Video, Audio

5:15 PM.Kiwi Jenene Crossan has lost track of the days at North Shore Hospital. She has coronavirus. For her that means a sore throat and what she describes as a heavy chest and hacking cough.

She is case… Read more Video, Audio

5:10 PM.New Zealand's response to the global Covid-19 pandemic has ramped up again today after the Prime Minister urged people over the age of 70 to stay indoors - more than half a million people. 
 

There… Read more Video, Audio

12:00 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced an alert system to manage New Zealand's Coronavirus outbreak. Currently New Zealand is at level two. Video, Audio