Collected news stories, with a current focus on Covid-19 recovery
Stuff
Covid cases in schools, kura, and early childhood education centres are back up to 64,450, after dipping previoulsy.
Stuff
Countdown isn't reviewing its mandate until May, and other companies are taking their time to decide after news Covid-19 rules will loosen.
There are 913 people in hospital with the virus. This is a fall on Wednesday's hospitalisations.
RNZ
People who lost their jobs when the vaccine mandates came into force hope to return to work soon.
Newsroom
Omicron is New Zealand's first real wave of Covid-19. It will not be our last. We're only now beginning to truly live with the virus.
RNZ
Explainer - There's a new Covid-19 variant making headlines around the world - Deltacron. Whatever you may think about that name, it's exactly what it sounds like - a combination of the Delta and Omicron variants.
There were 1631 good reasons yesterday not to ease Covid-19 safety restrictions in the South, members of at-risk communities in Otago and Southland...
RNZ
The Ministry of Education has told schools they can require Covid-19 vaccination for certain roles even after the government mandate lifts on 5 April.
Stuff
Perception of Omicron as mild and distrust of authorities may be holding us back, with just a couple hundred first doses given daily.
Newshub
This weekend, indoor gathering limits doubled from 100 to 200. But many still preferred to stay at home.
Newshub
The microbiologist wants to see indoor environments made safer against what she says is a "deadly airborne virus".
Stuff
There are 960 people in hospital with Covid-19, and 11 further deaths have been reported, as Govt is relaxing vaccine passes and some mandates.
Newshub
"This is not the end, but in some ways, it is a new beginning."
RNZ
Explainer - The country's public health restrictions are being adjusted with scanning, vaccine passes and mandates on the way out.
Stuff
Jacinda Ardern removes vaccine pass requirements, most vaccine mandates, and outdoor gathering limit.
The Conversation
Vaccine passes have outlived their usefulness, at least for now. But as New Zealand’s Omicron wave begins to subside, other public health measures remain vitally important.
RNZ
Health authorities are hoping to apply lessons learned during the Covid-19 vaccination rollout to boost the country's faltering childhood immunisation programme.
This week, the Otago Daily Times is highlighting some of the many dedicated people on the front lines of the fight against Covid-19. Today health...
RNZ
The Omicron outbreak is like a Mexican wave moving away from Auckland through the rest of the country, a leading rural GP says.
Stuff
With a big jump in cases and schools battling the virus, Canterbury's Covid numbers have passed recent forecasts.
Stuff
You had two or three doses and a bout of Covid-19. Are you now 'super immune', set for life? Well, not quite.
RNZ
Under-fives can't wear masks or get vaccinated against Covid-19 - are we doing enough to protect them from the virus?
The Conversation
For hospitalisations and deaths, the difference between vaccinated and unvaccinated people is more dramatic. Only 5% of New Zealanders are unvaccinated, but they account for 20% of hospitalisations.
Ashley Bloomfield said any roll out of a fourth dose would happen before winter.
RNZ
Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says analysis also shows case numbers nationally - not including Auckland - are also slowing.
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.
The Whole Truth about public health topics prone to misinformation, explained with videos, words and graphics.
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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