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US plans to vaccinate 28 million children aged 5-11
Approval expected in two weeks, the first in line will be fully covered by Christmas.
Get booster jab or risk freedoms, UK Health Secretary warns as cases rise
Covid cases could hit 100,000 a day in UK as new sub-variant starts to spread.
Auckland hotel to allow vaccinated guests only
Hotel Britomart and restaurant Kingi will accept only double-jabbed from November.
Waiheke Covid case: Employer asks how man came to be on island
Employer is disputing Health ministry's claim that a positive case is an essential worker.
Mike Hosking: Give vaccine stragglers a deadline then let's move on without them
OPINION: If you'd rather watch Squid Game than save your own life, that's your call.
The 90% Project: Vaccination shackles loosening in pursuit of equity
Adapting funding structures for vaccination providers has been a recent pivot.
Our next public health crisis? Authorities warn falling vaccine rates putting children at risk
Documents obtained by the Herald shed light on another brewing public health crisis.
School's in: Teachers slam Govt decision as expert warns of classroom danger
An aerosol chemist says teachers should use the warm weather to their advantage.
Editorial: The demand for answers
EDITORIAL: The questions being asked around NZ's next response to the Covid pandemic.
Derek Cheng: Political lines drawn over how many deaths are acceptable for opening Fortress Auckland
National's plan will appeal to the vaxed who feel that the unvaxed shouldn't limit them.
Man isolating in backyard tent, toileting in bucket after Covid exposure
Ratana Clarke can't use the toilet or take a shower, and is stranded in a tent.
Covid-19: Te Awamutu supermarket among new locations of interest
Te Awamutu's latest location of interest has been released.
Secondary teachers 'dismayed and angry' with decision for return to school
Senior students who live in alert level 3 areas will be able to return to classrooms.
Tuberculosis, like Covid, spreads in aerosols, scientists report
New York Times: The finding upends centuries of conventional wisdom.
Tamaki blames 'political pressure' for charges, chaotic scenes as freed on bail
Destiny Church leader charged with breaching bail, failing to comply with Covid order.
SkyCity forecast to suffer $55m earnings drop from lockdowns
Initial outlooks had forecast Auckland and Hamilton properties shut for much shorter time.
Focus: NZ Delta Outbreak | Wednesday 20th Oct Wrap
There were 60 new cases of COVID-19 in the community on Wednesday. Video / Alex Burton / Jed Bradley / Mark Mitchell / Dean Purcell
Wild North Shore party: Six people fined, police tell others to dob themselves in
Six partygoers have been issued with infringement notices.
Covid-infected MIQ escaper surrenders to police
Two male escapees went to a dairy to buy cigarettes.
60 new cases today; senior high school students to return next week
Senior high school students will be back on college grounds from next week.
Focus: PM on students returning to school
The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, on students returning to schools under Level 3. Video / Mark Mitchell
Northland man's flight from Whangārei to Queenstown during lockdown lands him in court
Police had been investigating how the man managed to fly without the correct paperwork.
Lockdown Lotto: Retailers' 'lifeline' cut off as sales soar for $42m draw
Retailers count on the big draws to bring in the money.
Brian Tamaki released on bail after stern warning from judge
Brian Tamaki attended lockdown protests on October 2 and October 16.
Wellington region now closer to 90% first dose, 68% fully vaccinated
Eighty-eight per cent have had their first dose, up from 86 per cent at the last update.
Northland man charged in relation to mass protest on Super Saturday
He is one of four people charged nationwide in relation to mass protests during level 3.
Waiheke businesses call for Auckland border to reopen
Waiheke Local Board wants vaccination numbers to rise before border opening.
Ombudsman launches inquiry into MIQ booking system
The Ombudsman has launched an inquiry into the MIQ booking system.
Covid uncertainty cancels A Very Welly Christmas for 2021
But organisers have not given up on Christmas entirely.
'It's deeply frustrating': Waiheke Island councillor on Covid case
There still remains no clarity as to whether the person lives on Waiheke Island or not.
Expired Covid-19 vaccines given to 15 Wellingtonians
All affected people have been encouraged to get another vaccine.
Focus Live: 60 new Covid-19 community cases
October 20 2021 The number of new Covid-19 cases dropped to 60 today but Dr Ashley Bloomfield warns that infections are likely to keep rising. Fifty-six of the new cases are in Auckland and four are in Waikato.
'Don't be at the house': Minister's family flees after anti-vaxxer threats
Demonstrators yelled out Gunner's home address and threatened to attack him at a rally.