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RNZ
Nearly 85 percent of classrooms across the country don't have their own carbon dioxide monitors, potentially increasing the risk of students catching Covid-19.
todayfm.co.nz
'The mandate is keeping nurses, ambulance staff, and ED workers out of our health system....it's locking them out.'
Stuff
Our political leaders have returned from the UK, where masks are a rarity, but Covid-19 is back on the rise. Here's what the experts say.
There are 689 people in hospital with the virus, 27 more than Sunday.
Stuff
Jacinda Ardern said the most important thing right now was for people to adhere to the current requirements— wearing a mask, and a second booster for some.
AP NEWS
The quickly changing coronavirus has spawned yet another super contagious omicron mutant that’s worrying scientists as it gains ground in India and pops up in numerous other countries, including the United States.
RNZ
Jacinda Ardern says a change in Covid-19 traffic light settings would not make a significant difference on surging case numbers.
RNZ
How much of the air you're breathing is air someone else exhaled? And in the midst of a pandemic caused by an airborne virus, where are the riskiest places to be?
Newshub
"In a lot of places in the next few weeks you won't see any surgery done apart from the very most urgent."
RNZ
The most transmissible variant yet of the coronavirus is threatening a fresh wave of infections in New Zealand. The subvariant of Omicron known as BA.5 is reported as now dominant in the United States, and is likely to make up the majority of community cases here within a couple of weeks.
There are currently 570 people in hospital with the virus.
the Guardian
The lessons of our pandemic success seem to have been all but forgotten as the government sticks at the orange traffic light setting
Newsroom
Visiting hours have been restricted at North Shore and Waitakere hospitals following an outbreak thought to be brought in from visitors, which lead to a tripling of hospitalised cases in a matter of weeks
RNZ
There have been 13,344 new community cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand today, and 23 further deaths.
RNZ
About 14,000 New Zealanders are known to have been infected with Covid-19 twice.
Stuff
There are more than 500 New Zealanders in hospital with Covid this morning. Last time we moved to the red traffic light setting there were eight. What's changed?
Newshub
Here is the latest.
The Conversation
The last Omicron wave affected younger people. But the new BA.5 variant is seeing case numbers in older age groups higher than ever before – just as hospitals are under the most pressure.
NZ Herald
How bad do things have to become for the alert levels to change?
Newshub
"It is certainly the worst workforce situation for both doctors and nurses in the over 30 years that I've been working."
NZ Herald
OPINION: With a jump in Covid numbers I wasn't going to turn down another shot.
There are 10,290 new community Covid-19 cases in New Zealand, making Wednesday's tally the highest in 76 days.
RNZ
A further 12 deaths of people with the coronavirus and 10,290 new community cases have been reported by the Ministry of Health.
RNZ
Australia's international Covid-19 border restrictions have been lifted for international travellers, meaning overseas arrivals no longer have to prove they have been vaccinated against the virus.
RNZ
Schools close for holidays at the end of the week and principals are worried that severe disruption from winter illnesses and Covid-19 will be even worse when they reopen.
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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