Covid 19

Northland missed out on a tourism support package, despite Ministry of Social Development advice recommending it be included, a briefing obtained by RNZ shows.

There are 14 new cases of Covid-19 in the community and nine in MIQ reported today.

University of Otago epidemiologist Amanda Kvalsvig says a delayed start would buy more time to get more kids vaccinated, but another expert says the suggestion is an overreaction.

Christchurch City Council has slapped the organisers of anti-government protests with a bill for more than $14,000 for costs incurred during its rallies.

As Victoria records 37,994 new cases and 13 deaths, the number of patients in hospitals with Covid-19 has risen to its highest level since the pandemic began.

Covid-19 hospitalisations in US reached a high of 132,646, according to a Reuters tally, surpassing the record of 132,051 set in January last year, amid a surge of the Omicron variant.

A lakeside MIQ facility opens in Rotorua today with an organiser calling it 'one of the most beautiful spots' to isolate in.

Queenstown and Wellington are on alert after Covid-19 cases reported over the last few days.

The head of the Covid-19 vaccine taskforce in Australia is calling for parents to be persistent when it comes to vaccinating their children, saying if GPs do not have appointments they should try…

A Kaiapoi doctor caught handing out fake vaccine exemptions is no longer registered to practise medicine in New Zealand.

There are 27 new community cases of Covid-19 and 33 in Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) facilities today.

There are 20,293 new cases and 18 deaths in New South Wales and the number of patients with Covid-19 in Victorian hospitals has risen to 818, as the state records 34,808 new cases.

The Chinese port city of Tianjin is aiming to test its 14 million residents within the next 48 hours after the discovery of a cluster of Covid cases.

Covid-19 experts are nervously observing an ever-increasing number of cases at the border, as the threat of an Omicron outbreak looms. Audio

Canterbury and Capital and Coast DHBs are the most vaccinated regions on 96 percent fully dosed.

The risk to those who were at a Mount Maunganui music festival attended by a Covid-positive case has been downgraded by the Ministry of Health.

There have been 85 new cases of Covid-19 in the community and 64 new cases at the border in the past two days, the Health Ministry has announced.

As authorities tweak MIQ rules allowing some desperate New Zealanders the chance to come home, fresh IT issues are stopping people in some visa categories from accessing the country.