Scientists have found clues that the world’s leading COVID-19 vaccines offer lasting protection that could diminish the need for frequent booster shots, but they caution that more research is needed and that virus mutations are still a wild card. Keep Reading

Security at Managed Isolation and Quarantine facilities has tightened up considerably over recent months, as police changed their policy around prosecuting people who try to flee. Keep Reading

Stuff’s fact-checking project on Covid-19 vaccination is designed to counter misinformation and inform the public. Keep Reading

New cases have more than doubled in the past two weeks, sparking concerns that last month's Eid holiday could have been a super-spreader event. Keep Reading

Most patients who experienced heart inflammation spent no more than four days in hospital and 95 percent of the cases were classified as mild, the study said. Keep Reading

It comes as the Australian state's lockdown is extended. Keep Reading

Medsafe is now considering whether the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, so far only approved for people aged over 16, is safe for 12- to 15-year-olds. Keep Reading

Along with New Zealand and a handful of other places across Asia-Pacific, Taiwan was until recently seen as a paragon of Covid preparedness. Now a community outbreak is spreading across the island – just as a squabble over the supply of vaccine erupts, writes New Zealander Ron Hanson from Taipei. Keep Reading

TOKYO (AP) — It may be too little, too late. That's the realization sinking in as Japan scrambles to catch up on a frustratingly slow vaccination drive less than two months before the Summer Olympics, delayed by a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, are scheduled to start. Keep Reading

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Opening up to the world will mean learning to live with Covid-19 in the community, expert says. Keep Reading

Age and education level are the main factors associated with vaccine hesitancy. While this affects Māori and Pacific communities, basic access to health care and information is more important. Keep Reading

Updated figures give country a per capita death toll of 500 per 100,000 people – double that of Brazil Keep Reading

A man in eastern China has contracted what might be the world’s first human case of the H10N3 strain of bird flu. Keep Reading

Health authorities in the Australian state of Victoria record three new community cases and uncover dozens of new exposure sites. Keep Reading

A panel of experts recommends the use of Sinovac’s jab for adults, with a second dose two to four weeks later. Keep Reading

Nurses working in New Zealand’s Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) facilities are going above and beyond the requirements of their roles, despite ... Keep Reading

Northland is making a Covid-19 vaccine comeback after a scrambled start to the rollout. Keep Reading

Government to thrash out how the wide rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine will work, even as some earlier groups have not yet been jabbed. Keep Reading

Professor Michael Baker describes UK policy move as a "massive gamble" as they put their faith in the dream of herd immunity. Keep Reading

There is still some frustration and worry amongst over-65s in Wellington as they wait to be called up for their Covid-19 vaccine. Keep Reading