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RNZ
For the quarter ending June, about 55,000 people cited illness as the reason for being off work for a week, about double the numbers seen last year.
There are 605 people in hospital with the virus.
Research at laboratories in Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin suggests saliva tests are just as effective at detecting Covid-19 as nasal swabs....
RNZ
It's no longer compulsory indoors, but if you're heading to a gig, should you be masking up?
RNZ
Community transmission of monkeypox in New Zealand is likely before a prevention campaign exists, health officials say.
There are 663 people in hospital with the virus.
Stuff
OPINION: It was so liberating flying to Australia without Covid bureaucracy. I can’t say the same for coming home.
Stuff
Masking and similar measures can help limit a Covid surge. But in the long run, there's an uncomfortable truth we need to face up to.
Stuff
ANALYSIS: Since the emergence of Covid-19, a question has obsessed many: Where did it come from?
NZ Herald
Teachers have told of debilitating health problems months after contracting Covid-19.
RNZ
The Ministry of Health is reporting 7113 new Covid-19 cases in the community today, as well as a further 33 deaths with the virus.
Newsroom
Shorter isolation periods, a test-to-work regime and widening the critical services exemption scheme are all on the table when ministers review settings this month, writes political editor Jo Moir.
Stuff
There are 759 people in hospital with the virus, 16 in ICU/HDU, as officials report an average 19 deaths over the past seven days.
Wastewater can reveal a lot about a community – from its health to its drug use. PhD student Mackay Price's research is having an impact.
RNZ
New Zealand's borders are now completely reopened to the world but any change to numbers arriving on the country's shores is expected to start as a trickle.
RNZ
The number of deaths in New Zealand confirmed as attributable to Covid-19 has risen above the 1500 mark, as 4238 new community cases are reported today.
Te Whatu Ora Taranaki figures show that more than 41,400 people have contracted the virus in the region.
Newshub
Overall, 62 persistent symptoms were significantly associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection after 12 weeks.
Stuff
Roughly half the population has caught Covid-19 – the bulk this year – but those who have avoided it so far aren't rushing out to buy Lotto tickets.
RNZ
After a family wedding in March this year, Becca's family all caught Covid-19. Almost five months on, two of her children are still battling debilitating symptoms.
The Conversation
Case numbers are falling in all age groups, including over-70s. This is good news as case rates in older people have been a key driver of the steep rise in hospitalisations and deaths in this wave.
RNZ
Queenstown's urgent care clinic has had to double the number of staff it employs in the last few weeks as the South Island feels the pressure from winter illnesses.
RNZ
In some areas measles vaccination rates for Māori and Pasifika have fallen to as low as 32 percent, leading to fears among health experts that a devastating outbreak is just around the corner.
The Whole Truth about public health topics prone to misinformation, explained with videos, words and graphics.
RNZ
There are 7627 new community cases of Covid-19 and 827 hospitalisations to report today, the Ministry of Health says.
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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