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Asia Times
SEOUL – While many parts of the world remain under-vaccinated, multiple high-income countries – including those which suffered some of the most devastating Covid-19 outbreaks in 2020 – are su…
ZB
COVID LATEST * 31 confirmed cases, more than 200 locations in Auckland and Wellington - including flight * Second big corporate hit by Covid exposure event
RNZ
More than 50,000 people have been tested for Covid-19 in Auckland since the first community case was announced on Tuesday.
The vaccine, ZyCoV-D, uses a section of genetic material from the virus that gives instructions as either DNA or RNA.
Stuff
Johnsonville's Countdown has been listed among a number of shops visited by Covid cases in Wellington, while in Auckland a case has been linked to a large awards dinner at Spark Arena.
NZ Herald
Hundreds attended corporate awards event held at Spark Arena last week.
Stuff
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces the country will remain in lockdown until Tuesday 11.59pm amid Delta outbreak as it spreads beyond Auckland with three Wellington cases confirmed.
Newsroom
NZ’s latest Covid-19 lockdown has been extended nationwide until next Tuesday, with PM Jacinda Ardern saying caution is warranted given the remaining unknowns about the Delta cluster.
Stuff
General practices have been dealing with a lot of Covid-19 testing as demand surges.
RNZ
NZ travellers in the Cook Islands who were recently at a place of interest may be required to self-isolate.
The Spinoff
An interactive map of locations of interest in the current delta outbreak, by Harkanwal Singh – The Spinoff's incoming head of data. No with a second map that visualises when the location was added. We're devoting our energies to covering what matters as New Zealand responds to another Covid
RNZ
These would be the first positive community cases in this latest outbreak outside of Auckland and Coromandel.
Stuff
Sources have siad two or three people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the capital.
Stuff
Eight of 13 Auckland vaccination centres are operating, but some staff have been urgently diverted to help with a surge in testing demand.
RNZ
North Shore Hospital's emergency department and short stay surgical unit have been shut down after a patient treated there earlier has tested positive for Covid-19.
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He was in North Shore Hospital earlier this week with an unrelated condition, and could have been infectious then.
Newshub
At least until health officials can rule out community transmission beyond Auckland's borders.
Stuff
ANALYSIS: While there has been good and bad Covid news, Delta makes it hard to see a lockdown lift for a while yet.
NZ Herald
Compliance with level 4 rules 'good' as police keep up their visibility around Northland.
1 NEWS
Two West Auckland high schools, a North Shore high school and AUT have all recorded Covid cases.
ZB
Chances are you've already asked this question to close friends and family. 'Are you getting the Covid vaccine'? Sometimes it feels like you've started
Newshub
Yesterday experts thought it could get up to 120 - today, it could be just a few dozen.
RNZ
There are fears two Auckland events could be Covid super spreaders, with close to 2000 people having come into contact with a case in just one night.
Stuff
A picture is slowly emerging of how coronavirus cases in Auckland's Delta variant outbreak are connected.
Stuff
Exams have been postponed and a pop-up testing centre is being set up as more Covid-19 cases are diagnosed.
The Spinoff
View all places of interest on the maps below, and sort by both the dates of potential exposure and the days when added. Plus: a searchable table with all locations. Built by the Spinoff's head of data, Harkanwal Singh. The Spinoff's coverage of the Covid story depends on support from Members
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