Covid 19

Ministerial emails released to RNZ reveal that a concerned colleague emailed officials about what they had seen and heard from the anti-vax doctor.

An iwi collective's Covid-19 campaign to lift Māori vaccination will go out on the front foot with an online information blitz to tackle hesitancy about vaccinating children.

Today is the deadline for Fire and Emergency staff and some police officers to have had two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.

International students stuck overseas are pleading for clarity about when they can come to New Zealand.

The government set the rollout date at 17 January before Christmas yet some parents may find they are turned away from health providers that are not ready to vaccinate children.

The two-way quarantine-free travel bubble lasted just three months in 2021. Since then, the island nation has vaccinated close to 100 percent of its eligible population, paving the way for today's…

Explainer - With the roll out of Pfizer's paediatric Covid-19 vaccine for children beginning next week, RNZ helps parents and caregivers answer some of the basic questions they might have.

Jacinda Ardern is refusing to comment on claims her fiancé tried to get rapid antigen tests for his musician friends despite them not being eligible.

Covid-19 is not just a "mild infection" for our tamariki, according to a new international study on children who caught the virus. Audio

The Covid Tracer App notifications for some people who were at a location of interest have recently been delayed by a day.

More than 307 million Covid-19 cases have been confirmed since the pandemic began, with countries now breaking records for daily case numbers as leaders struggle to keep the new variant at bay.

An Australian dad who spent 10 days in managed isolation while his son was fighting for his life in Dunedin Hospital has praised New Zealand's border control.

The Chinese city of Tianjin has started a new round of testing of its 14 million residents to block the Omicron variant, as financial analysts warn of the growing economic cost of Covid-19…

The Northern Bass music festival in Northland has been cancelled with organisers citing low vaccination rates and the growing threat of Omicron as reasons for their decision.

Only about 12.8 percent of Quebec residents are not vaccinated, but they make up nearly half of all hospital cases. The fee has not yet been decided, but will be "significant".

There are 28 new community cases of Covid-19 and 65 in MIQ facilities today, as well as two further deaths, the Health Ministry has announced.