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Newsroom
With a week left before larger shipments of Pfizer vaccines arrive, we're left relying on nurses' ingenuity to keep the rollout rolling out.
Newshub
Here's the latest on the pandemic from around the world.
Stuff
OPINION: It’s early days, but it appears the Trans-Tasman bubble isn't the silver bullet many in the tourism sector were hoping for.
www.nature.com
Knowing which signatures in the blood predict protection against COVID-19 could speed the development of new vaccines. Knowing which signatures in the blood predict protection against COVID-19 could speed the development of new vaccines.
RNZ
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins does not know how many young people have received surprise invitations to book in for a vaccine.
Newshub
Newshub can also reveal international air crew will no longer have to isolate themselves if they're fully vaccinated.
RNZ
Fiji's Permanent Secretary for Health confirms there are 431 new cases and two deaths related to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.
The Conversation
Data from the UK, where the Delta variant is dominant, suggest many people with COVID-19 are experiencing cold-like symptoms such as a runny nose and a sore throat.
RNZ
Officials are trying to track down more than 14,000 people who have automatically had free stays in MIQ.
Newshub
This comes as New Zealand's vaccine stock dwindles.
RNZ
Health authorities in Fiji are bracing for a new wave of Covid-19 infections.
Newsroom
How many people have been vaccinated in New Zealand? Newsroom presents a weekly dashboard of everything you need to know about New Zealand's vaccine rollout.
Stuff
New Zealand will have less than a day’s worth of Pfizer Covid vaccine left in freezers before about 150,000 doses arrive next week, Chris Hipkins says.
ZB
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says New Zealand's supplies of the Covid vaccine are set to get very tight from June to early July. Stocks of va
The Spinoff
As the virus continues to rage around the world, a sobering new paper finds that a strategy pursuing herd immunity alone is insufficient, especially when new threats such as the delta variant come into play. Any prospect of vaccination as a silver bullet in tackling Covid-19 in New Zealand has be
Newshub
Herd immunity might need 97 percent of us protected, modelling shows.
Newshub
Chris Hipkins will be biting his nails.
The Conversation
New Zealand will have to vaccinate 80-85% to reach population immunity. Until then, a blanket border re-opening, even if only for vaccinated people, would pose a high risk of new outbreaks.
Newsroom
New calculations from the country's expert disease modellers indicate that achieving herd immunity is no guarantee.
NZ Herald
Contact tracers in race against time today after a series of concerning developments.
The Conversation
New Zealand health authorities were quick to react to the threat of a COVID-19 outbreak and managed to avoid community transmission, but the unique nature of how the virus spreads also played a role.
Stuff
New research shows 97 per cent of the population would need to be vaccinated to stop the spread of new Covid-19 variants, but that vaccination remains crucial.
the Guardian
Fears of a possible fifth wave as Tokyo reported 317 infections on Monday and the ninth week-on-week rise
U.S. President Joe Biden's latest strikes against Iran-backed militia in Syria and Iraq were not the first nor likely the last of his young presidency.
Newshub
We've lost the top spot after one nation surged from 13th to 1st in the space of a month.
The Spinoff
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Kiwi scientists about why we are seeing vaccinated people contracting Covid-19 and why it’s vital to get vaccinated.
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