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An iwi collective working across four North Island regions fears there are many cases they don't know about.

A Dunedin doctor says the government has repeatedly failed to deliver the tools frontline health workers need to do their jobs. Audio

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says the health system needs New Zealanders' continued cooperation as almost 20,000 cases are announced today.

Kiribati govt relaxes travel between islands; French Polynesia records over 1000 Covid cases; Two more people die of Covid in CNMI, and more.

Steve Chadwick says the worst of the illness appears to be over but it hit her "very hard".

There's "no doubt" New Zealanders are not taking Omicron seriously, Auckland epidemiologist Rod Jackson says, adding that in the US, it has killed more people than the Delta variant. Audio

There are 2846 Covid-19 cases in the community today and 143 people in hospital with the virus, the Ministry of Health reports.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the Omicron outbreak is likely to peak in three to six weeks. At that point, she says, the country will move down the traffic light settings, easing off gathering…

New Zealand's daily Covid-19 numbers have surpassed the 2000 mark for the first time, with a record 2522 new community cases reported today.

There are 744 new community cases of Covid-19 being reported in New Zealand today.

There may be "silent transmission" of Covid-19 in Rarotonga after a person tested positive upon arriving back in New Zealand, Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown says.

Everyone wants to know how bad our Omicron outbreak might get - and when. But experts running the numbers on that have copped flak in the media when scenarios they’ve been told to scope don't pan out.…

The number of daily Covid-19 cases in the community has reached a new high, up slightly to 454 today.

Two confirmed Covid-19 cases in the Queenstown Lakes district are being described as a wake-up call for the community.

Ottawa police say "volatile" and "determined" demonstrators remain in Canada's capital after nearly two weeks of a trucker-led anti-vaccine mandate protest.

The Fijian Government lifted its nationwide curfew at midnight - ending almost 22 months of strict movement restrictions due to Covid-19.

A teenager who tested positive for Covid-19 after attending the SoundSplash festival says with all the physical contact revellers had at the three-day festival, it seems inevitable that the virus…

One of the five Covid-19 cases linked to the Soundsplash music festival in Hamilton last weekend has been confirmed as having the Omicron variant.

New South Wales has recorded 24 new Covid-19 deaths as the number of people needing to be hospitalised for treatment of the virus continues to plateau.

People should do everything they can against Omicron, but it's likely large numbers will be infected, the Covid-19 Response Minister says. Audio

A cluster of Covid-19 in Hastings has grown to 13, with six new cases added to the official tally today.