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Newsroom
Fewer Covid-19 patients need critical care when hospitalised with Omicron, compared to Delta, Newsroom's daily dashboard shows.
NZ Herald
Wairoa Hospital has no intensive care capacity or ventilators for severe Covid-19 cases.
Stuff
Four more people have died with Covid-19, the Ministry of Health says.
Newshub
Chris Hipkins says the 10 day isolation requirement "is having a wider impact on many parts of our lives".
The Capital's frontline care workers are operating around the clock to help people with Covid-19 who are isolating at home.
The Conversation
As Omicron cases soar in New Zealand, most people can still avoid getting infected. Even if you share a household with an infected person, catching the virus is not at all inevitable.
RNZ
In Bay of Plenty, 53 percent of schools reported positive Covid-19 cases in the last 10 days, according to Ministry of Education data released yesterday.
RNZ
Hospitals around the country are feeling the pressure as more Covid-19 patients need care while many doctors and nurses are off work isolating.
Newsroom
Six in every 1000 unvaccinated people are testing positive for Covid-19 each day, compared to just 2.6 in every 1000 boosted people, Newsroom's daily dashboard shows.
RNZ
Hospitals around the country are feeling the pressure as more Covid-19 patients need care while many doctors and nurses are off work isolating.
There are 757 people in hospital with the virus.
Newsroom
The outbreak is 'wiping out' workforces, and managers trying to fill the gaps feel broken.
Stuff
A study of hundreds of people with mostly mild Covid-19 finds 'deleterious' impact on brain size, tissue damage, and cognitive decline after infection.
RNZ
Doctors are stepping in to cover some nursing duties as staff absences reach a critical point at Middlemore Hospital.
Seven Sharp provides the answer to the question plaguing many close household contacts in the current Omicron outbreak.
NZ Herald
The vaccines are believed to have been stockpiled at the incorrect temperature.
The Director-General of Health says the public should expect an update on booster doses for younger people in the next week or two.
RNZ
French Polynesia eases pandemic related restrictions; Over 600 Covid cases in New Caledonia; Tonga's govt eases lockdown restrictions, and more.
Stuff
There are 17,522 new community Covid-19 cases and 696 people in hospital, with the Ministry of Health blaming the lower numbers on delays in self-reported RATs and lower weekend testing.
Stuff
Mandated vaccinations for doctors and teachers designed to prevent the high risk of transmission to the vulnerable was necessary, Crown lawyer tells judge.
NZ Herald
The number of people in hospital is the more worrying number - expert.
NZ Herald
MFAT release a list 'red' list of destinations you should not travel to.
RNZ
The trend of falling daily cases Covid-19 should be treated with caution, the Ministry of Health says. RAT result reporting has dropped three days in a row, just like case numbers.
One more person with the virus has died and there are 618 people in hospital with coronavirus.
Chris Hipkins says he believes there is "certainly more infection in the community than the testing numbers will be showing".
RNZ
Opinion - A post-viral disease afflicting up to 40,000 New Zealanders could teach us valuable lessons in how to look after Long Covid patients - and how not to.
Stuff
The latest subvariant appears to be fuelling a rise in South African Covid cases. This is what that means.
Stuff
A US study suggests rapid antigen tests are most sensitive four days into a person's symptoms, so try again one or two days after a negative result.
The Whole Truth about public health topics prone to misinformation, explained with videos, words and graphics.
The Conversation
Some people who have had COVID are still coughing weeks, months and even a year after being infected with COVID. So why do coughs linger when you’re no longer infectious?
Stuff
Evan Keating likens his post-Covid-19 mental energy to a diet, with only a certain number of energy “points” to spend each day.
Stuff
Mask up. Scan. Circulate fresh air.
Stuff
Getting an accurate result from a rapid antigen hope Covid-19 test requires sticking the swab deep into the nasal cavity - but many patients are taking tests wrong.
www.nature.com
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