Obama under fire for 500-guest party as cases spike
All guests will be asked to present proof of vaccination and a negative Covid-19 test.
All guests will be asked to present proof of vaccination and a negative Covid-19 test.
Editorial: Government needs the vaccination experience to work well.
GP clinics are a better option for high-risk and vaccine-hesitant people, professor says.
New York Times: The UN-backed Covax programme has struggled to acquire doses.
Seasonal workers from Sāmoa, Tonga and Vanuatu can enter NZ from September.
New York Times: The early Covid data from China was removed from an online database.
The only way to reverse the infection trajectory now is to lock down harder, experts say.
Seasonal workers from Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu will be able to enter New Zealand from next month. This would be one way, entering New Zealand only, and they would not need to go through managed isolation.
David Willetts, who has myeloma, has been trying for over a month to secure a spot in MIQ.
New York Times: They'd thought the worst of the pandemic was behind them.
Next Thursday Ardern will set out the government's future approach to the border.
The Greater Sydney lockdown is currently planned to end on August 28.
One expert warns the Queensland outbreak could become similar to the situation in Sydney.
'Today has been my hardest day yet,' Melissa Green wrote.
"Gestures in poor taste that intersect with ignorance," says Holocaust survivor.
Financial Times: The urge to forget and move on is understandable, but also dangerous.
Kiwis living overseas may receive notification before more MIQ rooms become available
The animals became ill with shortness of breath, sneezing and a runny nose.
Queensland recorded nine new Covid-19 infections today, the highest in almost a year.
Lambda has spread through Peru, accounting for 80 per cent of all Covid cases.
The Sydney outbreak has now grown to 3,427 cases.
The state was plunged into lockdown after a medical student unknowingly spread the virus.
Florida reports the highest cases in one-day since the start of the pandemic.
The Ministry of Health says the vast discrepancies are due to a younger Māori population.
The Ministry of Health is due to issue a Covid-19 update at 1pm.
OPINION: Feeling lonely must've been the cruellest ending for her.
The long queues from yesterday were evidently not present today.
It is the latest US corporation to mandate Covid vaccines for its employees.
New cases have reached all-time record highs during the Olympics.
Cases are increasing in West Africa as region's vaccinations lag behind richer nations.