Covid 19

With mask mandates dropping around the world as the pandemic appears to enter a new phase, what we can learn from countries that have already left masks behind? Here's what you need to know.

Mongrel Mob life member Harry Tam wants an apology after he was wrongly implicated in the Northland Covid-19 lockdown. Audio

Thousands more children are going to school each day as Covid-19 case numbers drop. Audio

The inquest into the death of a Dunedin man linked to the Covid-19 vaccine will start this morning.

Surgeons are still taking a pen to their theatre lists every day, cancelling patients' operations at the last minute.

There are 4818 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today and there are 571 in hospital with the virus.

The Marshall Islands has lost its Covid-free status after tests confirmed six positive cases in the capital, the first known community transmission since the pandemic started in early 2020.

One of the deaths being reported in today's update was a child under the age of 10, the Ministry of Health says.

The Ministry of Health is reporting 6152 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today and a further 49 deaths with the virus.

The Ministry of Health is reporting 5312 new Covid-19 cases in the community as well as a further 28 deaths with the virus.

The government of Niue has announced the country will move to Covid-19 alert level red after it recorded nine new cases of the virus in the past 24 hours.

New Zealand has likely passed the peak of the most recent Covid-19 wave, thanks to strong hybrid immunity in the community, according to several experts.

There have been 7605 new cases of Covid-19 in the community and a further 41 deaths with the virus, the Ministry of Health reports.

There have been 10,470 new cases of Covid-19 in the community and a further 16 deaths with the virus reported today, the Ministry of Health says.

The Ministry of Health says one of the deaths being reported today was that of a child under 10 years old.

The Ministry of Health says it is closely monitoring the steady increase in Covid-19 positive hospitalisations as part of an ongoing review.

The Ministry of Health has revealed that the Omicron subvariant BA.2.75 has been detected in the country for the first time.

Air New Zealand expects to reach 75 percent of its pre-Covid-19 international capacity and more than 100 percent of pre-pandemic domestic capacity by the end of 2022, according to its chief executive…