Covid 19

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 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.

A new online tool is now available to help people identify which vaccination group they belong to, the Ministry of Health says.

Consumer confidence remains low, with palpable nervousness about long term prospects pushing it back down to the levels of a year ago.

New South Wales Health has confirmed a hotel quarantine worker has tested positive for coronavirus.

Government publicity and communications about the latest Covid-19 outbreak will be reviewed by Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins, to see if they were effective.

The US Senate has voted to approve America's third major spending package to deal with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The difficult recovery of a man's body, who died at sea while on a cargo vessel travelling to New Plymouth, has been described as "PPE on steroids".