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RNZ
Canterbury nurses who volunteer for extra shifts in aged care are getting payments of $350 per night for covering chronic Covid-related staff shortages.
There are 939 people in hospital with the virus.
RNZ
The Ministry of Health is reporting 15,540 new community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today.
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.
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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
The fast-moving variant poses new puzzles in viral transmission, severity and evolution. The fast-moving variant poses new puzzles in viral transmission, severity and evolution.
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