Focus: NZ Delta outbreak | Sunday 22 Aug Wrap
A daily wrap of all the main developments in the Covid-19 Delta outbreak as New Zealand is plunged into lockdown for the fifth time. Video / NZ Herald.
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Focus Live: 21 new Covid-19 community cases, 72 in total
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Dunedin's first drive-thru vaccination centre
Health workers vaccinate patients who have arrived at Dunedin's first drive-thru vaccination centre. Video / Craig Baxter
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