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'It's not so great now' - Millions tested in Shanghai Covid surge
18 Mar 2022The Chinese commercial hub of Shanghai is pushing ahead with a mass testing initiative as it tries to curb a new spike in Covid-19 infections, but some districts were easing lockdown rules in an…
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Pharmac criticised over delayed delivery of antiviral drug to treat Covid-19
18 Mar 2022Kiwis have been left waiting for a new drug to treat Covid-19 because Pharmac was too slow to sign a supply contract with the manufacturer, a patient advocacy group says.
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'Warmest welcome you can imagine' - PM opens doors to tourists
18 Mar 2022The Prime Minister has gone on a marketing blitz to reel Australians to our shores. Audio
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Covid-19 cases asked to wait three months before getting booster
18 Mar 2022Omicron has put the brakes on booster vaccine rates and communities lagging behind could stay there for some time, but health officials still have to tell some people who have had Covid-19 to wait.
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Covid-19 update: 14,128 community cases, 943 in hospital, five more deaths
18 Mar 2022There are 14,128 new community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today and 943 people in hospital, according to the Ministry of Health.
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Auckland case numbers continue to fall, but booster rates also low
18 Mar 2022Health authorities are increasingly optimistic the Omicron outbreak has peaked in Auckland, but say the current rate of booster shots is still too low. Watch the media conference here
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'We are tired, we are exhausted, we are short-staffed' - Auckland nurse
18 Mar 2022An Auckland nurse says a lucrative incentive payment has not fixed the city's dire hospital staffing shortage. Audio
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Tairāwhiti Covid-19 increase could be 'a result of poverty in action' - GP
18 Mar 2022The region, which includes Gisborne and the East Cape, has the highest per capita rate of Covid-19 in the country.
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MIQ hotels empty out as system winds down
18 Mar 2022Twenty-three hotels and thousands of managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) rooms are now sitting empty across the country, as the system winds down.
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'So surreal': Tourism operators in Westland prepared for a slow recovery
17 Mar 2022South Westland businesses say the border reopening dates mean they can start edging out of survival mode after two years of hanging on by their fingernails.
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Couple set up tool to help weddings go ahead if vendors catch Covid-19
17 Mar 2022Help is now at the fingertips with a new online wedding day tool which enables photographers, makeup artists and celebrants to quickly find replacements if they get sick.
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Counties Manukau DHB predicts ‘increased risk of severe illness’ due to influenza
17 Mar 2022With the annual flu season almost upon us, a number of south Auckland healthcare providers are worried about the impact it could have after two years of closed borders and reduced immunity levels.
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Omicron outbreak: A quarter of Auckland hospital staff away on some days
17 Mar 2022After weeks of stories of stresses from the shop floor because of doctor and nurse shortages, the true extent has been revealed.
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Covid-19 update: 10 deaths, 930 in hospital, 19,566 new cases
17 Mar 2022Ten deaths - including a person in their 30s - have been reported in today's Ministry of Health statistics, along with 19,566 new cases.
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Five wards at Middlemore dedicated to Covid-19 patients
17 Mar 2022Five wards at Middlemore Hospital are now dedicated to Covid-19 patients, with one-third of hospital admissions clearly because of Covid. Watch the latest update from Auckland health authorities here.
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Covid-19 immunity level tests to go on sale at pharmacies
17 Mar 2022New Zealanders wanting to know how protected they are against Covid-19 infection could soon be able to have their immunity levels measured at their local pharmacy. Audio
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Covid-19: Bloomfield expecting Auckland hospitalisations to decline
17 Mar 2022The Director-General of Health says Auckland's hospital cases have likely peaked, but he thinks the hospitalisation number will creep above 1000 as the rest of the country catches up. Audio
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Covid-19: Families skipping funerals during outbreak
17 Mar 2022Grieving families are being urged to embrace the ritual power of a funeral after Covid-19 lockdowns denied many people in-person goodbyes.
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Covid-19 modeller advises extending testing regime to identify new variants at border
17 Mar 2022A Covid-19 modeller says we should be "sequencing pretty much anything that comes through the border", as reopening to the world nears. Audio
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RATs in schools will up student attendance, 'bring down anxiety levels'
16 Mar 2022Schools and early childhood centres hope hundreds of thousands of rapid antigen tests (RATs) will keep attendance up and put staff and students at ease.
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NZ 'back on the map': Recruitment, more flights, and calls for vaccine pass removal
16 Mar 2022The various groups says the past two years have been incredibly tough, but this long-awaited news provides them certainty, allows for gradual rebuild of tourism and will save operators from collapse.
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Drive-through vaccinations an option as Māori bear Omicron brunt
16 Mar 2022A Māori health provider will offer Taranaki's first drive-through Covid-19 vaccinations in the region's towns this weekend.
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PM on border reopening plan: 'We're ready to welcome the world back'
16 Mar 2022Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced New Zealand's borders will be open to vaccinated Australians from 11.59 pm on 12 April.
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Government makes inroads on poverty but what's left in its toolkit?
15 Mar 2022Opinion - The stratospheric rise of poverty and inequality during the Covid-19 pandemic can be seen everywhere - except in the statistics, Max Rashbrooke writes.
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