Covid 19

Nelson community groups says they are grateful for the city council's $200,000 Covid-19 emergency fund.

As some North Island regions move to the orange traffic light setting at 11.59pm, New Zealand is racing to ensure Omicron cases in the community don't become another outbreak.

The Rydges at Pipitea and the Atrium Towers Apartment building in central Wellington have been identified as locations of interest.

Public health officials are investigating how a Napier resident contracted Covid-19.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says he's disappointed the British DJ at the centre of an Omicron community scare didn't follow isolation rules.

Thousands of Christchurch festivalgoers are being asked to get tested if they have Covid-19 symptoms.

A British DJ who has become New Zealand's first community case of the Omicron Covid-19 variant says he has been the target of hate and abuse online.

Areas currently at the red traffic light setting are due to move to orange at midnight tonight, apart from Northland.

Rhythm and Alps has announced two artists will not be playing at the Wanaka festival due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Travellers to Fiji must now produce a negative PCR test 48 hours before departure to Nadi Airport, Fiji's government has said.

Health authorities in Fiji have stepped up travel protocols as cases of Covid-19 dramatically increase in the country which reopened to international travellers on 1 December.

The Lotus-Heart in the Christchurch's CBD failed to display My Vaccine Pass signs or put them in a prominent place, WorkSafe says.

The latest figures mark the highest number of daily Covid-19 cases recorded in any Australian jurisdiction.

Holiday-makers are encouraged to use local vaccination clinics during their break to ensure that their vaccinations are up to date.

Britain has reported a record 129,471 new cases of Covid-19, one day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would not bring in new restrictions to limit the spread of the virus this year.

The announcement from SydPath came as NSW recorded another 6062 Covid-19 cases and one death.

A custom-built robot has quickly become the star of Canterbury DHB's Covid-19 testing lab, minimising the risk of repetitive strain injury and boosting output.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said he will not vaccinate his 11-year-old daughter against Covid-19, maintaining his anti-vaccine stance.

One person has died from the coronavirus and there are 18 new community cases of Covid-19 today.

Less than a month after reopening to the world, Fiji is bracing for a third wave of the coronavirus outbreak.