Covid 19

With the whole nation now under the red traffic light setting there are limits within the hospitality sector and many events have been cancelled.

Supplies, already strained in some sectors due to the… Audio

Staff at a Motueka medical centre linked to a suspected Omicron case won't have to isolate.

Patients who were at the clinic during the exposure period will. Those who visited Greenwood Health on… Audio

Lab workers are worried about being overrun when Omicron takes hold in the community.

The Ministry of Health claims labs can handle 62,000 tests a day, but that's disputed by the organisation that… Audio

It's unclear how businesses will cover compulsory leave of at least 24 days for employees who have to go into isolation because someone they live with has mate korona.

Anyone who lives with a… Audio

Supply chains is something we've heard a lot about over recent months.

But broken supply chains is something we might hear about in the coming months if some of the grimmer predictions about… Audio

The Ratana faithful are being urged to stay away from the church's annual celebrations and tune into the event online instead. 

Citing Covid-19 concerns, the Rātana Kōmiti Marae has cancelled today's… Audio

Anti-viral medications ordered by the government may not be available until after the peak of this outbreak - if they get approval.

Last year the government announced it had bought tens of thousands… Audio

Epidemiologist Michael Baker says tough isolation rules around Omicron cases should ease once the outbreak takes hold in the community.

Household contacts of a positive case could end up isolating… Audio

Representatives from manufacturing, food and grocery, and healthcare are all worried about serious shortages if the self isolation period for close contacts of Covid-19 cases is not reduced.

One… Audio

Senior doctors are concerned about the prospect of returning to work shortly after testing positive for Covid-19.

Auckland Hospital doctors have been told employees could be asked to go back to work… Audio

Business leaders are warning staff shortages will become much worse now Omicron is in the community.

Employers and Manufacturers Association chief executive Brett O'Riley says while businesses have… Audio

Large numbers of staff working from home is once again unnerving cafe owners in Auckland's CBD already struggling after months in various lockdown last year.

Even experts such as infectious diseases… Audio

We check in on a worsening Covid-19 outbreak in Solomon Islands. Audio

Nathan Rarere spoke with the deputy leader of the National Party, Nicola Willis, and asked if she thinks the country's prepared for Omicron. Audio

A major live events company has cancelled all of its shows for the rest of the year as a result of the country going to the red traffic light setting. Greenstone Entertainment made the difficult… Audio

To the Cook Islands now where Cabinet has to decided to keep the travel bubble with New Zealand open - despite the Omicron outbreak here. Nathan Rarere spoke with Liana Scott from the Cook Islands… Audio

We head to Japan now where, like in New Zealand, things were starting to get back to normal ... until Omicron came along. Since the start of the month, the new variant has washed over the country at… Audio