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Covid wrap: Nats call for removal of Auckland border, DHBs set-up mini-MIQs
Bloomfield reveals Auckland border not necessary under new system, Luxon calls police and iwi checkpoints a waste of resources and district health boards set up mini-MIQS ahead of Auckland's exodus.
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First case of Covid-19 reported in Taumarunui
Health providers and iwi are well prepared for Covid-19 in the Taumarunui community, says Ruapehu District mayor Don Cameron.
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WHO public health expert on the risk of Omicron
As more countries around the world report cases of Omicron, much remains unknown about the new Covid-19 variant. It's less than two weeks since Omicron was designated a "variant of concern" by the… Audio
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Covid-19 update: 106 new community cases in NZ
The number of new Covid-19 cases has risen back into triple figures, with 106 new community cases reported in New Zealand today.
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Is Long Covid a new type of chronic fatigue syndrome?
Health organisations across the world are rushing to prepare for a wave of debilitating post-Covid-19 illness that we know little about. But could Long Covid be connected to chronic fatigue syndrome?
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Expert says some chronic fatigue syndrome sufferers should be exempt from Covid-19 vaccination
One of the country's leading biomedical scientists has written to the prime minister and director-general of health urging vaccination exemptions for chronic fatigue syndrome sufferers.
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Indian New Zealanders amongst the most highly-vaccinated in the country
While media coverage has often focussed on where Covid-19 vaccination rates need to be lifted, the quiet efforts of NZ's largest Asian community have been largely ignored. So why have more than…
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Race to vaccinate Te Tairāwhiti as Covid-19 spreads
The region has climbed up a spot to the second lowest first dose vaccination rate in the country, and today the prime minister was in the rohe to try and boost numbers.
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New Christchurch case of Covid-19 confirmed
Cantabrians are being urged to get tested after a Covid-19 case who flew into Christchurch on Saturday was confirmed in the city today. See how the day's Covid-19 news unfolded with RNZ's live blog.
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National distances itself from ex-MP after video with discredited academic
The National Party is distancing itself from a former MP who has questioned the effectiveness of the Covid vaccine in a lengthy video that has been labelled dangerous.
Matt King was National's MP in… Audio
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Dr Doug Wilson: antiviral pills and the future of mRNA vaccines
Dr Doug Wilson is a medical academic author and our regular correspondent from the other side of 80. This week he returns to discuss Pfizer's new oral antiviral drug for use against Covid-19. Audio
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Covid and the economy - what we've learnt so far
If a black swan is an unpredictable event, the Covid-19 pandemic is a grey rhino, says economic historian Adam Tooze. Audio
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Covid-19 stirs hurt from 1918 pandemic in Tonga
Stories of the 1918 flu pandemic are weighing on the minds of Tongans in New Zealand, after news of a possible Covid-19 case.
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Protesters 'continue to put the wider community at risk' - police
Occupants of a car and a bus deliberately parked to obstruct traffic on SH1 only moved out of the way this afternoon after "lengthy engagement with police".
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Covid-19 wrap: Criticisms on testing, poverty and cancer treatment
New Covid-19 case numbers may have dropped for the second straight day, but the government has been called out for Covid-poverty inaction and not using rapid antigen testing for travellers.
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More could have been done to stop Covid-19 reaching South Island - Kaikōura MP
A Marlborough MP claims lax controls contributed to a Covid-19 case detected in Blenheim, and a Wellington site has been identified.
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Covid-19: Four positive cases confirmed in Northland
Two more community cases of Covid-19 - both children under 12 years of age and related to the two cases reported yesterday - have been confirmed in Northland.
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Covid-19 wrap: Traffic lights, spreading cases and third doses
A broad outline of the new system for managing Covid-19 restrictions has been delivered, but critics say it's confusing; there's 129 new cases; some hospitals are still rushing to prepare for the…
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UK start to pandemic worst public health failure ever, MPs say
The UK's failure to do more to stop Covid-19 spreading early in the pandemic was one of the worst ever public health failures, a report by MPs says.
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Māori-led vaccination drive reaches 80 percent of Te Whānau ā Apanui's population
More than 80 percent of the Te Whānau ā Apanui area population has been vaccinated due to the proactive efforts of a rural general practice in Te Kaha.
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PNG's Covid crisis swamps Highlands hospitals
The Covid-19 crisis in Papua New Guinea is deepening, as the country's main hospitals are increasingly swamped by cases.
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Why we must not allow Covid-19 to become endemic in NZ
Opinion - As New Zealand switches to suppression, those who argue that Covid-19 will become part of our lives either do not understand or ignore what this would mean.
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How Denmark is the Covid-19 'new normal' pioneer
Denmark - home to about six million people - has lifted all its Covid-19 restrictions. Epidemiologist Lone Simonsen talks to Jim about how the situation is likely to play out in Denmark over the… Audio
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PM visits Ruatorea to help beef up vaccinations
The Prime Minister visited Ruatōrea in the remote Tairāwhiti Gisborne today to encourage a boost in vaccinations.
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Covid-19 summary: Northland to move to level 3, 44 new community cases reported
Community case numbers jumped to 44 today, while the government announced Northland would move to alert level 3 after a person who travelled throughout the region tested positive.