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The New South Wales Premier has announced a strict lockdown for all of Greater Sydney after a recent spike in positive coronavirus cases in the Australian city.
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The New South Wales Premier has announced a strict lockdown for all of Greater Sydney after a recent spike in positive coronavirus cases in the Australian city. Keep Reading
Covid-19 testing has slowed down in Wellington, but Friday saw the city's SCL laboratory process a record 3760 tests. Keep Reading
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said a crisis Cabinet meeting would be held later on Saturday as situation ‘worsens’. Keep Reading
One traveller was detected by Customs, the other had cleared the airport e-gates and rang Healthline for advice "soon afterwards", the Health Ministry said. Keep Reading
Here's the latest on the pandemic from around the world overnight. Keep Reading
That's two months before the first case was identified in the central city of Wuhan. Keep Reading
While many Pasifika meet the criteria to get vaccinated, they’ve had issues with accessing bookings. Keep Reading
Epidemiologist Michael Baker has expressed his disappointment given the "unforgiving" nature of the Delta variant. Keep Reading
"If we don't see enough around the border controls for the state that is experiencing an outbreak, that's something that we'd give consideration to." Keep Reading
Although there are no Covid-19 cases in the community today, Ashley Bloomfield says the numbers at the moment suggest about 100 people were in the two bars at the relevant times. Keep Reading
So far, so good. But how can an infected man spend a weekend in Wellington and not pass on the virus? Keep Reading
A top Covid-19 modeller says the tools that worked to fight Covid-19 last year are not enough to battle the Delta variant, and points to Sydney where the virus is outpacing efforts to control it. Rodney Jones is warning that until New Zealand gets more of the population vaccinated, the country will be holding its breath that the more transmissible variant doesn't enter the country. Wellington is still on high alert after a visitor from Sydney over the weekend later tested positive for Covid-19. Two days of testing in the capital has yet to return any positive cases in the community but today the first of the crucial 'day five' test results are expected. Rodney Jones provides Covid-19 modelling information to the government. Keep Reading
A Covid-19 scare in Wellington is a warning Dunedin is not exempt, a University of Otago academic says. Lianne Parkin, from the Department of... Keep Reading
The theory that the Covid-19 pandemic was triggered by the Sars-CoV-2 virus being leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China was recently given new life following an explosive article in … Keep Reading
"So far so good," the Director-General of Health told Breakfast. Keep Reading
In our search for herd immunity, Nicholas Agar looks at factors making people reluctant to accept safe and effective vaccines, arguing we should focus on modes of delivery less likely to provoke anxieties. Keep Reading
Over 2 million people in England might have had long COVID. Keep Reading
On Wednesday morning, at the same time as news filtered out of a positive Covid-19 case going on a tiki-tour of Wellington, an operation was being executed with military precision at a retirement village in the Auckland suburb of Remuera. The Detail's Emile Donovan went along to see how an operation like this is run; how residents are feeling about it; and talk about how the 70-plus demographic has first-hand experience of the difference a vaccine can make. Keep Reading
Key question remains if traveller had 'explosive' Delta variant. Keep Reading
A hairdresser and a restaurant manager are among new cases across the ditch. Keep Reading
Several people that Kahungunu ki Pōneke Community Services had met with had not heard of the alert level changes in Wellington. Keep Reading
Chinese scientists mysteriously deleted data about the coronavirus' genetic sequence collected in January 2020. Keep Reading
It comes with Wellington at Alert Level 2 following a Covid-positive tourist's visit. Keep Reading
Here's the latest. Keep Reading
Event cancellations and temporary closures have flowed thick and fast in Wellington, following the news of the city's move to alert level 2, including the Wellington Marathon, Te Papa and the Marriage of Figaro opera. Keep Reading
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Essential information about the coronavirus outbreak, including locations of interest, testing sites, case numbers, sub-clusters and vaccination. Keep Reading
The latest collected news from around New Zealand and globally, digging beyond the usual news websites. The current main focus is on Covid-19 recovery. Keep Reading
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WHO's 'Vaccine Explained' series features illustrated articles on vaccine development and distribution. Learn more about vaccines from the earliest of research stages to their rollout in countries. Keep Reading
Kiwi scientists about why we are seeing vaccinated people contracting Covid-19 and why it’s vital to get vaccinated. Keep Reading