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Aucklanders may need to be in lockdown for at least a month - Hendy
New Zealand's Covid-19 quarantine hotels are under increasing pressure with more than 200 infected with the virus and predictions the number could hit 1000.
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Covid-19 Special: Alert level announcement
Audio 20 Aug 2021Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that all of New Zealand will remain at alert level 4 until at least Tuesday midnight. Cabinet will meet on Monday to decide on the next move on the… Audio
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Lockdown extension likely for entire country, experts say
Experts predict the entire country will remain at alert level 4 until health officials can rule out community transmission beyond Auckland's borders.
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Link to border eases concerns about other chains of transmission
New modelling shows the number of people infected in the community might reach 120 - as large as initially feared, Covid-19 modeller Professor Shaun Hendy says.
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Covid-19 outbreak may be "dozens" of cases, rather than more than 100
Professor Shaun Hendy says the number of people infected in the community at the time the outbreak was first detected may now be "several dozen".
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'We are dealing with a large cluster' - Covid-19 modeller
Professor Shaun Hendy says he is reasonably confident that New Zealand's strict level 4 lockdown will be able to control an outbreak of the Delta variant but warns that Auckland is likely to be in… Audio
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Covid-19: Latest outbreak likely a 'large cluster' - Hendy
Audio 19 Aug 2021The country is anxiously awaiting new information from health authorities about the number of emerging Covid-19 cases.
One of three new cases confirmed last night has no known link to the existing… Audio
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Doctor hopeful children as young as 5 can soon be vaccinated
A leading Māori doctor is calling for the vaccination of children against Covid-19 to get underway, and is hopeful kids as young as five could get their vaccines by the end of the year.
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Higher vaccination rates may reduce need for hard lockdowns, Covid-19 modeller says
A Covid-19 modeller would like vaccination rates "into the high 90s" by March when the border is potentially partially opened, but acknowledges that may not be realistic. Audio
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Hendy: 60-70 percent Covid-19 vaccination rates needed
At least 60 to 70 percent of the entire New Zealand population would need to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to ensure the risks of any home self-isolation plans are managed. That's the advice… Audio
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Unlikely trans-Tasman bubble will be back after hiatus - expert
Audio 12 Aug 2021As Australia grapples with the highly infectious Delta variant, experts say it's unlikely the trans-Tasman bubble will reopen.
Travel is set resume next month following an eight-week hiatus - but a… Audio
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Australia's Covid-19 outbreak 'probably means the end of the travel bubble'
As Australia grapples with the highly infectious Delta variant, experts say it is unlikely the trans-Tasman travel bubble will reopen.
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NZ reopening report authors warn over variants and vaccination rates
Unless the whole community supports the Covid-19 response over coming months, we're going to end up like most other countries in the world, Sir David Skegg says. Audio
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Still significant risk of Covid variants before borders open
Audio 11 Aug 2021No significant reopening of New Zealand's border will happen until early next year, and not before our vaccine programme has been rolled out. We remain in danger of a Covid-19 outbreak similar to New… Audio
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Covid-19: Border plans set to be revealed next week
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will next week set out whether and how the government plans to open the country's borders.
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'Hurt and dismay' over academics' letter dismissing mātauranga Māori
The University of Auckland and Royal Society are distancing themselves from a contentious letter by some top academics, dismissing mātauranga Māori.
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Fiji Govt under pressure to initiate Covid-19 lockdown
Audio 24 Jul 2021Pressure is mounting on the Fijian government to impose a national lockdown amid the worsening Covid-19 crisis in the Pacific island nation. Audio
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Covid-19: 87 people isolate on ships due to lack of hospital beds in Fiji
Eighty-seven crew members and passengers have been placed into isolation on four inter-island ships in Fiji, health authorities said.
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Covid-19 in Fiji: Pressure builds for govt to change strategy
Yet more pressure is mounting on the Fijian government to impose a national lockdown amid the worsening Covid-19 crisis.
More than 16,000 people infected with the virus are in isolation - with a… Audio
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'No need to close trans-Tasman bubble' - Covid-19 modeller Shaun Hendy
A Covid-19 modelling expert says there's no need to close the trans-Tasman bubble, but thinks New South Wales must impose more restrictions to deal with its community spread of Covid-19. Audio
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Covid-19: Modeller expects NSW restrictions to increase even further
Audio 23 Jul 2021A decision will be made today about whether the entire trans-Tasman travel-bubble will be closed.
Cabinet convened a special virtual meeting yesterday to discuss the pause, and its decision about… Audio
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One new case of Covid-19 in MIQ, none in community
There is one new Covid-19 case in managed isolation today, the ministry of health says, and there are no cases in the community.
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Prof Shaun Hendy: 'We can use a combination of measures'
News 30 Jun 2021A new study from Te Puna Matatini suggests it is virtually impossible for New Zealand to achieve herd immunity only with vaccinations, against the Covid-19 Delta variant. Audio
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Covid-19 vaccination alone won't achieve herd immunity - study
Audio 30 Jun 2021A new study from Te Puna Matatini suggests it is virtually impossible for New Zealand to achieve herd immunity only with vaccinations, against the Covid-19 Delta variant.
In a worst-case scenario… Video, Audio
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Health experts push for compulsory mask wearing in alert level 2
Health experts say they are mystified over the government's reluctance to enforce mandatory mask wearing and QR code scanning under alert level 2.