Covid case: Airport worker cleaned 'green-zone' plane that flew to Aussie
Hipkins: The risk of someone cleaning a plane and passing on Covid was 'minimal'.
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The Auckland airport worker who tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday despite being fully vaccinated cleaned a plane that brought a returnee with the virus back to New Zealand on April 10.
Fiji carries out mass Covid screening amid superspreader fears
A funeral attended by 500 people is a potential superspreader event, authorities say.
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Tests are delayed. Medical oxygen is scarce. Hospitals are understaffed and overflowing.
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Wellington train commuters were handed the official-looking pamphlets yesterday.
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Live: New case - cleaner may have picked up Covid from plane's air conditioning
There are three new locations of interest connected to the airport cleaner.
'We were left with nothing': Argentina's misery deepens in the pandemic
New York Times: The global economic devastation has been especially stark in Argentina.
Covid-infected airport worker visited Auckland food court, Bunnings
Infected Auckland Airport worker visited mall food court, ice cream store.
Fiji records second Covid-19 community case
This comes after Fiji's government announced a lockdown in the island Viti Levu.
47 passengers test positive for Covid-19 after overseas flight
All 188 passengers onboard tested negative to the virus within 72-hour pre-flight window.
Expert quits Govt group over 'grossly inequitable' vaccine rollout
Dr Rawiri Jansen said he felt his voice was not being heard.
Vodafone changes tune on potentially dismissing stranded staff
"We can see we didn't get the messaging right on this one."
Derek Cheng: Flying blind? Govt should have eyes on who needs to be tested. It does not.
The Government ensures the testing rules are being followed. So what's it been doing?
India overwhelmed by massive Covid surge; 'double mutant' strain suspected
No beds, oxygen for critically ill patients as nation's Covid wave worsens.
Live updates: Covid case at Auckland Airport 'was fully vaccinated'
Jacinda Ardern confirmed the case is a person who cleaned planes from high-risk countries.
Focus Live: PM Jacinda Ardern says vaccinated Covid-19 case was cleaning 'high-risk' planes
The newly identified Covid-positive border worker was cleaning a plane from a "high-risk" country and was fully vaccinated, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has revealed.
Expat Kiwi discovers body with Covid-19 near Vanuatu home
NZ expert says it is extremely unlikely Covid could be transferred from a dead body.
Analysis: The price of the Covid-19 pandemic
Covid-19 cost more than the world's natural disasters in any of the past 20 years.
Greta Thunberg calls out nations for hoarding vaccine
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Island mystery: Covid corpse washes up in Vanuatu
The body washed up near the capital and residents are being urged to test.
'Decade of elimination': $5m project's big goal for NZ health
New project led by Covid-19 expert Michael Baker aims to purge other infectious diseases.
India's capital to lock down as Covid cases top 15 million
'I do not say the system has collapsed, but it has reached its limits,' minister says.
How the tiny kingdom of Bhutan out-vaccinated most of the world
New York Times: Some were reached by helicopter, and workers hiked through ice and snow.
Focus: Welcome home! All the feels as Trans-Tasman bubble takes effect
19 April 2021. There were emotional scenes at airports across the country earlier this year as the transtasman bubble reunited families and loved ones from across the ditch. Video / Mark Mitchell / Tom Dyton
Expert condemns slow MIQ shutdown
The move will mean 652 MIQ rooms will be unused - but the Government isn't concerned.
'Hope for normality': Transtasman bubble gets world talking
Watchers from around globe in awe of both nations' ability to open borders to one another.
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Jacinda Ardern: Transtasman bubble arrivals 'like a scene from Love Actually'
Jacinda Ardern was 'disappointed' she could not be a bystander at the airport today.
Desolate scenes greet Kiwi travellers at Sydney Airport
Travellers returning to Aussie airports see just how much businesses have suffered.
Two new Covid cases in MIQ as we burst the transtasman bubble
The Ministry of Health is due to release the latest Covid-19 case figures.
Travel bubble '400 days in the making' arrives in Auckland
The first quarantine-free flight from Australia has arrived at Auckland Airport.
First transtasman flight from Sydney on Jetstar delayed by passenger forms
Passengers' paperwork problems delayed flight over an hour.
Hastings councillor makes the most of Transtasman bubble opening
The first Hawke's Bay locals grabbed their passports and flew to Australia today