From RNZ Today is the second and final day of lockdown in Samoa, with health authorities going door to door to administer Covid-19 vaccines. Around 7000 doses of the AstraZeneca jab were administered on Thursday as part of the two-day…
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Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Rotorua vaccination clinic offers free hāngī with jab
A free hāngī will be given to everyone who gets a Covid-19 vaccine at the Te Arawa drive-through vaccination clinic. The clinic will be open every Sunday and Monday until December from 10am to 6pm, and is located in the…
Covid 19 Australia: NSW records 935 cases, Victoria reveals lockdown exit plan
New South Wales has recorded 935 new local cases of Covid-19 and four deaths. There are currently 1207 cases admitted to hospital in NSW, with 236 people in intensive care, 123 of whom require ventilation. Since the outbreak began in…
Covid 19 coronavirus Delta outbreak: When should New Zealand open up its borders?
By Nathan Rarere of RNZ Seventy-one per cent of New Zealanders have had their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, with just over half of those people now fully vaccinated. At the rate the country is going, New Zealand is…
Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Prime Minister signals no level 1 for NZ outside Auckland next week
As the Government signals a rejigging of alert level settings two of the country’s top Covid experts are urging Auckland should not be rushed out of lockdown. The warning comes after Auckland reported 13 new cases on Thursday, with three…
Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Keeping kids safe in the pandemic
Tamariki as young as 12 have been able to receive the vaccine in Aotearoa for more than a month. But with kids outside Auckland having returned to school, and the SuperCitytarget=”_blank”>cautiously optimistic about alert level reductions, concerns are circulating about…
Covid 19 Delta outbreak: New community cases and more details about virtual MIQ booking system
A new online system to help overseas Kiwis secure a room in managed isolation and quarantine facilities is to be unveiled today. More details about the MIQ virtual lobby system, exactly how it will work and when it will start…
Covid 19 coronavirus Delta outbreak: Wānaka community gutted over lockdown breach
The Wānaka community is upset at the “arrogant” attitude of the couple who drove from Auckland to Hamilton, using their “essential worker” exemptions, to then fly to Wānaka to stay at their holiday home. Nick Aubrey, owner of Kai Whakapai…
Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Auckland couple used essential-worker status to fly to Wanaka holiday home
Police say an Auckland couple crossed the alert level 4 border using their essential-worker exemptions, drove to Hamilton Airport and flew to their holiday home in Wanaka this weekend. The 26-year-old woman and 35-year-old man have been summoned to appear…
Covid 19 coronavirus Delta outbreak: Middlemore Hospital not unique in lacking isolation space for patients awaiting Covid test results
A lack of isolation facilities in hospitals means it’s a “reality” patients awaiting Covid tests will sometimes be put in a ward with other patients, a Nurse’s Union representative says. This week one of Auckland’s main hospitals has been at…