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Stuff
Expat Rebecca Oppert has forked out US$200 for alerts and freelancers to help get a spot in MIQ, but she's still stuck with no way to return to NZ.
RNZ
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins is backing away from any suggestion there could be changes to MIQ requirements by the end of the year. At his weekly press conference updating progress on the vaccination rollout Hipkins said requirements for isolation will stay the same at least until the end of the year and likely beyond that. It means double vaccinated people returning to New Zealand will still need to snare a spot in MIQ and stay there the full 14 days. The government has also been getting advice on border and vaccine issues from its own expert advisory group, and has said it will release more information in the next few weeks. There are now 628,000 people fully vaccinated in New Zealand. Auckland University Professor of Medicine Des Gorman discusses the issue with Lisa Owen.
Stuff
People coming back from overseas may be able to isolate at home in the long-term, Covid Response Minister Chris Hipkins says.
RNZ
Too much red tape and risk-averse health authorities means family doctors have been effectively sidelined when it comes to giving Covid-19 vaccinations, the head of Aotearoa's largest general practice cooperative says. At least 628,000 people are now fully vaccinated for Covid-19 in New Zealand. But ramping up the rollout has been reliant on large shipments of Pfizer's vaccine arriving on time. ProCare represents more than 170 general practices around greater Auckland. Clinical director Dr Allan Moffitt told Checkpoint desperate to have more GPs vaccinating. "We've been really pushing to open up GPs being able to vaccinate, it's actually what our patients are telling us, what they want as well.
RNZ
More than 1.5 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have now been given in New Zealand, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins has confirmed. Watch the latest update live here.
Stuff
However, people's appointments may not be right away, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said.
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"I’m Covid positive and just walking around like a tourist," says the anonymous person taking the video.
Newshub
The veterinarian contracted the rare disease after dissecting two dead monkeys in March.
NZ Herald
The frustration from a Epsom GP comes just a week from the general public vaccine rollout.
Stuff
ANALYSIS: The start-stop travel bubble won't be canned, but until both countries are better vaccinated it certainly won't work very well.
RNZ
Impacts of the Dawn Raids still show themselves in form of violence and depression, Polynesian Panther Tigilau Ness says. He's calling for the government's apology to be a full acknowledgement of what was done to Pacific Islanders.
It's not over. Nowhere near it.
RNZ
Nine crew members on a container ship docked in a quarantine area of Bluff port have tested positive for Covid-19.
The Conversation
Britain is ‘opening up’ after months of COVID-19 restrictions. But it could also be opening itself up to court action for breaching international human rights laws.
Newsroom
For now, it is Australia that is struck by outbreaks and lockdowns - but on one measure New Zealand has higher failure rates at our border and could be riding our luck, writes Ross Stitt
Stuff
"Huge decision," says ex-Immigration minister, as Covid may halt all deportations while the pandemic continues.
the Guardian
We need to keep pressing our political leaders to talk about Covid-19 in ways that support an informed debate about our collective futures
The Conversation
The freedom to do as you please impinges on the freedom of others to protect themselves from COVID-19.
Stuff
Kiwis still stranded in New South Wales during the growing Covid-19 outbreak will be given another opportunity to come home.
1 NEWS
Police Association president Chris Cahill says he hears of incidents every day.
RNZ
New hate speech law proposals from the government are confusing - even tripping up the prime minister and justice minister. RNZ is here to clear it all up.
1 NEWS
It comes after crew on the Viking Bay, in Wellington, and the Playa Zahara, in Christchurch, also tested positive.
thedailyblog.co.nz
Nearly half a million new cases of Covid 19 were reported in the world yesterday, and six and a half thousand people died from the virus on that day. Large upswings in infection are evident in the USA, Russia, the United Kingdom, parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia, Japan and Australia.
RNZ
Larger people need longer needles so their Covid-19 vaccinations make it deep into their muscle, but there is no exact criteria to say who needs it and who doesn't.
Stuff
Hard and fast is the right way to stamp out delta outbreaks of Covid-19.
The Spinoff
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