Top Stories for Thursday 25 June 2020

The Ministry of Health drops the requirement for people with a cold or cough to get a Covid swab - unless they are high risk. The Government won't reveal how many foreigners have arrived in New Zealand under its border exemptions for essential workers. Prisoners serving a sentence of less than three years will now be able to vote in September's election. In the US, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut impose 14 days quarantine on people from states with spiking infections rates.