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All coverage of Coronavirus including the political response and the effect on our health system, the economy and our communities.
Covid-19 headlines with summaries.
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BA.5 arrives: Aotearoa's Covid-19 case numbers will rise - expert
9 May 2022An epidemiologist expects Covid-19 case numbers will rise again over coming months - resulting in increased hospitalisations and deaths. Audio
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Migrants' Facebook group folds over legal fears
9 May 2022A 75,000-member Facebook group has been disbanded after a complaint from an immigration body about posts, comments and admins' moderation of the site.
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One in five prisoners not vaccinated against Covid-19
9 May 2022Nearly one in five prisoners in New Zealand have not received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and prisoner advocates say that is not good enough.
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School principals hope thousands of absent children will return
9 May 2022Principals said one in five students were absent last term, and fear if they don't return this month schools will lose funding and staff.
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Council spends more than $300k on post-occupation cleanup
8 May 2022The anti-mandate protest in the capital earlier this year has cost the Wellington City Council more than $300,000.
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Covid-19 update: 5647 new cases, three deaths, BA.5 variant reaches NZ
8 May 2022Another variant of the Omicron strain has been detected in New Zealand, as 5647 new community cases and three further deaths are reported.
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Freightways warns of higher operating costs due to impact of Omicron
Transport company Freightways says as much as a quarter of its workforce has been hit by Omicron, costing up to $7 million.
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47% of NZ jobs supported by 2021 wage subsidy - govt report
9 May 2022Nearly half of New Zealand's jobs were supported by last year's wage subsidies, which have helped keep unemployment low, the government says.
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Developer backs saliva-based rapid antigen test: 'It's transformational'
The man recognised as the brains behind the Covid tracer app is trying to import a new type of rapid antigen test that could be as accurate as PCRs. Audio
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Covid-19: Prime Minister in isolation after partner tests positive
8 May 2022Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will need to isolate at home for at least the next week after her partner Clarke Gayford tested positive for Covid-19 this morning.
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More than 400 school staff resignations related to pandemic
8 May 2022The Teaching Council received reports that 225 teachers were dismissed for refusing to comply with the vaccine mandate.
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How thoroughly do you need to clean your home after having Covid-19?
You've had Covid-19 and are recovering. But how do you make sure your home is virus-free?
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Covid-19: 'We could continue to see 10-15 deaths per day for months' - Baker
7 May 2022Covid-19 hospitalisations have fallen for two consecutive days and the amount of new cases has been relatively stable for two weeks, but Professor Michael Baker says infection rates around NZ will…
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'Dentistry is half the price' - Kiwis consider medical tourism
6 May 2022With waiting lists for elective surgery blowing out even further due to Covid-19 restrictions, the government is taking action to try and shorten the wait, but what about heading overseas for surgery?
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Covid-19 update: 24 further deaths, 7347 new cases
6 May 2022There have been 7347 new cases of Covid-19 in the community and 24 further deaths reported today.
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Unvaccinated chiropractors fined $16k for seeing patients
6 May 2022Two chiropractors have been fined a total of $16,000 for breaching Covid-19 health orders by seeing patients in person without being vaccinated.
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'It was horrendous': Patients wait several years for surgery
6 May 2022Wait until the pain is so bad that you cannot sleep, then you might get on the public health waiting list - that is the advice some patients are being given by their GPs.
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Covid-19 led to 15 million deaths globally, not the 5m reported - WHO
6 May 2022Almost three times as many people have died as a result of Covid-19 as official data shows, according to a new World Health Organisation report.
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Covid-19 update: 8609 new Covid-19 cases, 20 further deaths
5 May 2022There are 8609 new cases of Covid-19 in the community and 20 further deaths today, including a child under 10 years of age.
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Calls for Pacific funeral practices to be allowed under future Covid-19 restrictions
4 May 2022New Zealand's first qualified Pacific Island funeral director is calling for better cultural understanding if pandemic restrictions are ever re-imposed. Audio
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'Trucking people around the country' not the answer to surgery backlog - union
4 May 2022A 73-year-old man has been sleeping in a chair and taking constant pain medication for nine months because his hip replacement operation is overdue.
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Omicron as severe as previous Covid variants, large study finds
5 May 2022The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is intrinsically as severe as previous variants, unlike assumptions made in previous studies that it was more transmissible but less severe, a large study in the United…
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Self-isolation supports scheme changing tack after Omicron peak
5 May 2022A "return to greater normality" in care of Covid-19 cases in the community will see the government spend $58.1 million to cover services through to June next year.
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Comment: The government has given up on Covid
29 Apr 2022Analysis - In the face of record high autumn deaths and the prospect of another surge in sickness, the government appears to have no strategy for handling Covid-19, Marc Daalder writes.
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