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Mike Lee looks at the role businesses can play to help increase vaccination rates, and operate in a way that keeps their staff, livelihood, and other customers “free from harm”.
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New South Wales has recorded 646 new local cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
NZ Herald
More locations of interest around the North Island are now being added to the list.
RNZ
The Ministry of Health has hinted that it will look at alternative vaccines for people who react badly to the Pfizer shot.
NZ Herald
A Māori health researcher says the Covid situation could be akin to the 1918 pandemic.
RNZ
Chairperson Doctor Curtis Walker says there have been 23 complaints regarding doctors spreading anti-vaccination misinformation but that they are a "very small" number of the country's health professionals.
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COVID LATEST * Two people test positive for Covid-19 on North Shore * Vaccination by area - which parts of NZ are lagging behind? * Matthew Hooton: Gangs h
NZ Herald
A wider level 3 border in Waikato came in today - until at least 11.59pm on Monday.
Stuff
Three stages may replace lockdowns as the Government’s hand-picked testing expert warns this Delta outbreak will be “very difficult to control”.
Public health teams will need to take the Covid-19 vaccine into communities to get vaccination rates up, a Dunedin city councillor says. People who...
Stuff
Former chief science adviser and child health expert Sir Peter Gluckman supports call for MIQ priority category for pregnancy.
Stuff
On one side of the highway, 82 per cent have had their first dose of the vaccine, on the other, only 66 per cent.
The Prime Minister says it's about "everyone carrying their own individual armour" against Covid.
RNZ
There are 29 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today, including five in Waikato, the Ministry of Health has reported.
NZ Herald
The Government has approved a rapid antigen testing pilot.
RNZ
In one of the rooms at the Jet Park quarantine hotel, staff found a hole punched in the door, the curtain rail pulled down, and a hole in a double glazed window.
Stuff
Between now and Christmas, we should be prepared for a series of changes to how we live our lives, as our Covid strategy shifts.
NZ Herald
The alert level 3 boundary in Waikato could be extended if more Covid cases show today.
RNZ
A Waikato Mongrel Mob spokesperson says its Covid-19 cluster has been resolved, and the narrative playing out is demonising gangs.
RNZ
The calls for New Zealanders to get vaccinated are becoming more urgent by the day as Covid-19 embeds itself in the community.
The Spinoff
The numbers are clear: Māori risk being left behind in the vaccination push. That throws the scant representation of tangata whenua among government experts into stark relief, writes Lara Greaves. Experts, experts, experts. If the New Zealand government's Covid-19 response rhetoric was a word clo
RNZ
Some pregnant women have been transferred out of Auckland Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit after the parent of a baby there tested positive for Covid-19.
Stuff
Between now and Christmas, we should be prepared for a series of changes to how we live our lives, as our Covid strategy shifts.
Stuff
Some rooms have been completely trashed and staff intimidated by people with gang links.
To sweeten the deal, vaccinators are holding a sausage sizzle and offering entertainment.
Stuff
Anyone who has been fully vaccinated for more than six months can receive their booster from today.
Stuff
Breathlessness and fatigue are the real warning signs, experts say, after two men died while in self-isolation this week.
RNZ
Explainer - Sometime soon, the alert level system which is becoming increasingly complex, will be replaced with traffic lights. Join RNZ for a journey into the future to see what that means.
Keep track of vaccination rates across Aotearoa with 1News' graphs.
Stuff
Shops will open and gatherings of up to 25 people can happen outside - here's the rundown of the step 2 rules.
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