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  • Pressure mounts to prioritise vaccines for South Auckland

    News
    New Zealand Covid-19
    26 Feb 2021
    Ōtara Covid-19 Testing Station 13 August

    Political pressure is mounting on the government to prioritise vaccinating South Aucklanders against Covid-19. Audio

    Pressure mounts to prioritise vaccines for South Auckland
  • Calls grow for vaccination priority for South Auckland

    Audio
    health
    26 Feb 2021
    A health worker prepares an injection of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus at a vaccination centre, set up at the Dubai International Financial Centre.

    Calls are growing for South Auckland to be vaccinated as a priority.

    It's been hit the hardest when it comes to the fight against Covid-19, including Papatoetoe High School and the surrounding… Audio

  • Border workers receive Covid vaccinations: 'We're in it together'

    News
    New Zealand Covid-19
    20 Feb 2021
    Jet Park Hotel worker Lynette Faiva, who becomes the first border worker to be immunised.

    A woman who organises support for families at the Jet Park Hotel says she feels "privileged and honoured" to be the first border worker to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in New Zealand. Video

    Border workers receive first Covid vaccinations
  • Covid-19: Questions remain over how vaccine rollout will work

    Audio
    health
    27 Jan 2021
    A nurse holds a vial of the Pfizer vaccine at the Pablo Arturo Suarez Hospital in Quito on January 21, 2021.

    Doctors and nurses are in a race to learn how to administer Pfizer's tricky Covid-19 vaccine as a major step towards the rollout is signalled.

    The government says if all goes to plan, the product… Audio

  • Health staff train up to administer Pfizer vaccine

    News
    New Zealand Covid-19
    27 Jan 2021
    A nurse holds a vial of the Pfizer vaccine at the Pablo Arturo Suarez Hospital in Quito on January 21, 2021.

    Doctors and nurses are racing to learn to give the Pfizer vaccine Covid-19 vaccine, as a major step towards the rollout is signalled.

    Health staff train up to administer Pfizer vaccine
  • Covid-19 vaccines expected mid-year

    Audio
    health
    18 Jan 2021
    A French pharmacist holds a vial of the undiluted Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, stored at -70 °, on 15 January, 2021.

    Dr Nikki Turner leads the Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC), and joins The Panel to discuss what to expect. Audio

  • The Panel with David Cormack and Jo McCaroll (Part One)

    Audio
    life and society
    18 Jan 2021

    Covid-19 vaccinations should be available to the public by the middle of the year, in what will be the largest ever mass immunisation campaign in our history. Dr Nikki Turner leads the Immunisation… Audio

  • COVID vaccine causes an allergic reaction

    Audio
    health
    10 Dec 2020
    File: This illustration picture taken in Paris on November 23, 2020 shows a syringe and a bottle reading "Covid-19 Vaccine" next to the Pfizer company logo.

    Jesse speaks to Dr Nikki Turner, the director of Auckland University's Immunisation centre about why people without allergies shouldn't be put off getting the vaccination. Audio

  • Immunisations expert warns of measles resurgence

    Audio
    health
    1 Dec 2020
    Measles viruses. 3D illustration showing structure of measles virus with surface glycoprotein spikes heamagglutinin-neuraminidase and fusion protein.

    An immunisation expert is warning measles is just one plane trip away from an ugly resurgence here if the country doesn't get more young people vaccinated.

    The campaign to vaccinate the hundreds of… Audio

  • Measles vaccination drive stalling amid pandemic response

    News
    New Zealand health
    1 Dec 2020
    Nurse Laura Williams gives a Māngere College student a measles vaccination.

    Four months after its launch, a campaign to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of young adults against the measles has barely made inroads.

    Measles vaccination drive stalling amid pandemic response
  • Māori infant vaccinations drop 5% from April to June - Ministry of Health

    News
    New Zealand Te Ao Māori
    4 Nov 2020
    There has been a 2.4 percent decrease in infant immunisation rates across the country, but that is double in areas with the greatest socioeconomic deprivation (4.4 percent), Ministry of Health figures show.

    A significant drop in the number of Māori infants getting vaccinated on time has the head of the immunisation advisory concerned there will be an increase in hospitalisations for serious illnesses.

    Māori infant vaccinations drop 5% from April to June - Ministry of Health
  • No silver bullet - what a Covid-19 vaccine will really mean

    Audio
    technology science
    27 Oct 2020
    Research and development of vaccine against coronavirus.

    Developing a Covid-19 vaccine is arguably the number one priority of humanity right now. So how does New Zealand fit in?  Video, Audio

  • No silver bullet - what a Covid-19 vaccine will really mean

    News
    The Detail technology
    27 Oct 2020
    Research and development of vaccine against coronavirus.

    Developing a Covid-19 vaccine is arguably the number one priority of humanity right now. So how does New Zealand fit in? 

    Video, Audio

    NZ and the search for a Covid-19 vaccine
  • Children to get measles immunisations earlier

    Audio
    health
    13 Oct 2020
    Measles spike in Otago-Southland, DHB prioritising vaccine

    Dr Nikki Turner, director of The Immunisation Advisory Centre joins The Panel to explain why. Audio

  • NZ and the Covid-19 vaccine

    Audio
    science health
    1 Oct 2020
    3D illustration of coronaviruses.

    When is the Covid-19 vaccine coming? Will it work? William Ray talks to NZ experts charting our path towards immunity. Audio

  • NZ and the Covid-19 vaccine

    News
    Our Changing World science
    1 Oct 2020
    3D illustration of coronaviruses.

    When is the Covid-19 vaccine coming? Will it work? William Ray talks to NZ experts charting our path towards immunity.

    Audio

    NZ and the Covid-19 vaccine
  • Vaccination catch-ups must be priority, health officials say

    News
    New Zealand Covid-19
    18 Sep 2020
    Doctor injecting vaccination in arm of young girl.

    There are fears an outbreak of measles or whooping cough could re-emerge once borders open if thousands of children who have missed vaccinations because of Covid-19 are not caught up quickly.

    Thousands of children missed vaccinations due to Covid-19
  • Covid-19: Immunisation rate drop after lockdown causes concern

    Audio
    health
    18 Sep 2020
    no caption

    There are fears an outbreak of measles or whooping cough could re-emerge once borders open, if thousands of children who have missed vaccinations because of Covid-19 are not caught up quickly.

    … Audio

  • Measles outbreak on the cards after missed immunisations

    Audio
    health
    18 Sep 2020

    An immunisation expert says New Zealand must be prepared to cope with outbreaks of measles forecast in countries whose health systems are overwhelmed by Covid-19. Thousands of children have missed… Audio

  • Measles vaccination too slow during 2019 epidemic - review

    News
    New Zealand health
    16 Sep 2020
    No caption

    The new review paints a picture of a stretched public health system - both regionally and nationally - with inexperienced staff and a lack of leadership

    Measles contact tracing failed and vaccination too slow during 2019 epidemic - review
  • Health review finds failures in 2019 measles epidemic

    Audio
    health
    16 Sep 2020
    Auckland Regional Public Health Service medical officer, Dr William Rainger, and Counties Manukau District Health Board integration manager for child youth maternity, Carmel Ellis.

    Contact tracing failed and the vaccination programme was too slow to stop last year's measles epidemic ripping through South Auckland, a new review has found.

    More than 2,000 people caught the… Audio

  • What lockdown taught us about medical events

    Audio
    health
    3 Sep 2020
    Daisy Salter.

    The medical world is starting to look at some of the unintended consequences of lockdown - some of them positive, some more worrying.  Audio

  • What lockdown taught us about medical events

    News
    The Detail health
    3 Sep 2020
    Daisy Salter.

    The medical world is starting to look at some of the unintended consequences of lockdown - some of them positive, some more worrying. 

    Audio

    The unintended medical consequences of lockdown
  • Covid-19: 'Huge risk' people won't trust vaccines - expert

    News
    New Zealand Covid-19
    13 Aug 2020
    Themed picture, symbolic photo: Corona vaccine. Woman with mask holds a corona test, with high pressure research is underway worldwide on the development of a vaccine versus the corona virus.

    Fears about the safety of a vaccine for Covid-19 could put people off receiving it and see the country fall short of achieving herd immunity.

    Covid-19: 'Huge risk' people won't trust vaccines - expert
  • Experts warn Covid-19 vaccine must have high public trust

    Audio
    health
    13 Aug 2020
    View of a Coronavirus Covid-19 background - 3d rendering

    A lot of hope is being pinned on the development of a vaccine for Covid-19, with the hope it will allow life to return to normal.

    However experts say the public would need to have high confidence in… Audio

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