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A double-counting glitch in the Ministry of Health computers meant the Covid-19 case numbers provided to the public on Friday were wildly wrong.
RNZ
There are 27 new deaths of people with Covid-19 and 7927 new community cases in New Zealand today, the Ministry of Health has reported.
Stuff
Health officials are keeping a close watch on the border as more international arrivals land each week - and with them the risk of new Covid variants.
NZ Herald
Many unknowns about Omicron variants' reinfection and severity, officials say.
There are 361 people in hospital with the virus.
RNZ
Ministry of Health officials have provided an update on surveillance measures being used to monitor new variants of Covid-19 in Aotearoa.
Newsroom
The Ministry of Health now advises people who have recently had Covid-19 to take a test if symptoms return, after its old advice was described as "misinformation".
RNZ
The number of people diagnosed with HIV in New Zealand is at its lowest since the 1990s - but what more need to happen to reach the goal of zero new infections by 2025?
RNZ
There are 10,191 new community cases of Covid-19 recorded in the past two days and 14 further deaths of people with the illness, the Ministry of Health has announced.
ZB
Our vaccination rate isn't quite as high as it's being promoted. Stats NZ is reviewing Ministry of Health data which captured those who used the health sys
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Newshub
Nearly one in three nursing students are dropping out before qualifying.
There are 4,400 new community Covid-19 cases in New Zealand, the Ministry of Health has announced on Sunday.
RNZ
Epidemiologist Michael Baker says he is not surprised new Omicron subvariants have been found in the community.
There are 6291 new community Covid-19 cases in New Zealand, the Ministry of Health has announced on Saturday.
Stuff
Friday's announcement brings the total number of active cases in the community to 47,933.
Newshub
Here's the latest.
RNZ
Covid-19 Modelling Aotearoa has released details of the modelling it has done to try to predict what will happen with Omicron this winter.
The Conversation
Achieving herd immunity via vaccination was always going to be a hard ask. Now it’s mathematically impossible.
Māori Television
There are 7870 new Covid-19 community cases today.
RNZ
Another 13 people with Covid-19 have died and another 7870 community cases have been notified, the Ministry of Health says.
The Conversation
An inhaled COVID-19 vaccine would go directly to where the body would use it: the mucosal surface of the airways. This could mean less waste and more benefit, lower costs and reduced side-effects.
Stuff
OPINION: "Teachers and students are left to attend school more or less as normal. It’s as if the last two years never happened."
RNZ
There have been 13 more deaths of people with Covid-19, and 8182 more community cases in New Zealand, the Ministry of Health says.
RNZ
Schools notified the Education Ministry of about 1000 cases among teaching staff in each of the past two weeks.
The Conversation
They’ve stopped short of mandates, but authorities and experts are strongly suggesting it’s time to cover our mouths and noses again to prevent COVID infection. This time, reach for a respirator.
Stuff
Social media has dubbed the latest Omicron BA.2.75 variant "Centaurus". But what is it? How is it different? And should we be worried?
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?
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