Covid 19

Misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccine is in part being blamed for slowing uptake rates in Wallis and Futuna, making it difficult for the territory to reach its targets of immunising 70 percent of…

French Polynesia has gone 24 hours without recording any new cases of Covid-19. It's the first time this has happened since July 2020.

Two out of three Australian patients who become seriously ill with Covid-19 are left with ongoing health problems six months later, say experts tracking patients' recoveries.

This morning's restart of the travel-bubble with NSW has the thumbs up from an expert in disease modelling, who says the pause was wise, but an Australian expert says the travel pause was premature. Audio

The government has spent more than $6 million bringing home New Zealanders who were stranded overseas at the start of the pandemic.

The Covid-19 vaccine is being offered to all residents in a small West Coast town, while overstayers who get the vaccine will not have their details shared and a new ad campaign has launched targeting…

There are four new cases of Covid-19 in managed isolation since Friday, but no new cases have been found in the community, the Health Ministry says.

Australian citizens returning home from India could face up to five years in jail and fines after the government made the journey temporarily illegal.

Myanmar's front-line medical workers are torn between their patients and working for a military government enforcing a brutal crackdown on the country, and many are finding it a precarious position.

British lawmakers are calling for more light to be shed on Covid-19 vaccine companies private lobbying, to understand if it influenced World Trade Organisation negotiations on Intellectual Property.

The Indian government asked social media platform Twitter to take down dozens of tweets that were critical of India's handling of the coronavirus outbreak, as cases of Covid-19 again hit a world…

At least 23 people have been killed in a fire at a hospital treating Covid-19 patients in the capital of Iraq, Baghdad.

On the eve of quarantine-free travel starting between Australia and New Zealand, tourism industry figures say bookings are already strong. Audio

The rate of coronavirus infections in Canada's biggest province has reached an all-time high as hospitals warn they are close to being overwhelmed.

Four-time world champion shot putter Dame Valerie Adams has received her first Covid-19 vaccine in Auckland this morning.

A green light for a travel bubble with Australia was a good news story for people separated from loved ones - and businesses needing the cash of free-spending foreigners. But were the bubble-happy…

A top epidemiologist believes Aotearoa New Zealand is ready to open up for a trans-Tasman travel bubble.

One in five people convicted of breaching Covid-19 restrictions last year were sentenced to time in prison.

In a written statement, the ministry said the two new cases arrived on the same flight as 10 cases detected yesterday, which travelled from India via UAE.