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Australian National University's Peter Collignon says if there aren't new Covid-19 community cases in NSW, it's time to re-start the bubble.
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Secretary of Health Dr James Fong said cases of unknown origin are rising daily.
Stuff
OPINION: I have a broken neck and no ability to cough. I want to be vaccinated against Covid-19 before it is too late.
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Dr Ashley Bloomfield said the risk to Kiwis is considered low.
RNZ
The risk posed to New Zealand by a community outbreak of Covid-19 in Sydney is low, but health authorities chose to pause travel between the two locations because there are a "few unknowns".
RNZ
Covid Response Minister Chris Hipkins has confirmed that flights from New South Wales to New Zealand will be paused from midnight tonight for 48 hours. Watch the announcement live here.
RNZ
The NSW government will to re-introduce a raft of restrictions for Greater Sydney after the state recorded a second new locally-acquired COVID-19 case.
RNZ
A group who previously advertised in a conspiracy ridden Covid-19 magazine is back again, this time organising a massive leaflet drop.
RNZ
New Zealand cricketers in Covid-19 ravaged India will be able to get out of the country on a charter flight tomorrow after the Indian Premier League was postponed.
Stuff
ANALYSIS: Ten flights arrive from Sydney today, and as concerns grow over a mystery Covid-19 case, pressure will be mounting to close the border.
Stuff
People from Auckland and Christchurch have been turned away, as Māori health provider says it has to prioritise its own community.
RNZ
A man in his 50s, who tested positive for Covid-19, is believed to have acquired the infection locally and Australia's NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian expects more cases to be confirmed.
Stuff
Fierce new Covid-19 waves are enveloping other developing countries, placing severe strain on health-care systems and prompting appeals for help.
RNZ
A man in his 50s, who tested positive for Covid-19, is believed to have acquired the infection locally and Australia's NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian expects more cases to be confirmed.
Newsroom
We don’t know where some of the past year's community cases came from, but Ministry of Health investigations have turned up information to combat future outbreaks.
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They were given border exemptions to enter the country before being granted residency under investor visas.
ZB
By RNZ About seven people have caught Covid-19 in the compound of the New Zealand High Commission in Delhi over recent weeks. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Stuff
Life is normal in Aotearoa. You'd be forgiven for thinking the pandemic is coming to an end. But much of the world is on fire.
RNZ
The Cook Islands bubble will open later this month, allowing two-way quarantine-free travel between both countries, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced.
Newsroom
The south Pacific nation is promising it can protect the health of locals and visitors when it reopens its borders on May 17.
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The Government will be announcing more details about the bubble after this afternoon's Cabinet meeting.
Asia Times
With more than 300,000 new Covid cases a day and hospitals and crematoria facing collapse, Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called the situ…
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1 NEWS understands Government ministers are set to meet with large venues like Eden Park in the coming weeks.
COVID mutations could spin out of control if situations like that in India continue to occur.
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