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WHO recommends a deeper probe into whether a lab accident may be to blame.
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China digs in for permanent zero-Covid with testing and quarantine regime
Financial Times: Shanghai district prepares for new lockdown.
Covid: 6297 new cases today, health staff warn of hospital pressure
Health staff warn surge of patients leading to increasing pressure on hospitals.
Virus testing the new normal as China sticks to 'zero-Covid'
Thousands of testing sites have popped up on sidewalks across Beijing.
Mysteries of Omicron variants persist
Many unknowns about Omicron variants' reinfection and severity, officials say.
Focus: Covid-19 public health response update
Ministry of Health Chief Science Advisor Dr. Ian Town gives a Covid-19 response update. Video / Mark Mitchell
Work needed on delivering first booster, expert says
More work is needed to gain an adequate uptake of the first booster.
Focus Morning Bulletin: 8 June, 2022
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Mask wearing returns as winter illness hits schools
Grey Lynn School among a number of schools bringing back compulsory masking.
People with mood disorders hit hard by Covid disruptions, study finds
Study sparks call for public health awareness.
Government introducing Bill to change legislation for second booster rollout
Amendments would make it easier for eligible people to access second booster.
He helped cure the 'London patient' of HIV. Then he turned to Covid
New York Times: After helping cure a man of HIV, Ravindra Gupta turned to Covid-19.
10,191 Covid cases and 14 deaths reported over past two days
Yesterday's case numbers will be included in today's update.
My family got Covid. So why did we test negative?
New York Times: The key to this household mystery may lie in vaccination status.
Focus Morning Bulletin: 7 March, 2022
More gang fuelled shootings overnight, Doordash service arrives in NZ and Boris Johnson facing vote of no-confidence in the latest New Zealand Herald Headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Why you haven't caught Covid yet
If you've been lucky enough to escape a dreaded double red line, this is probably why.
Revealed: Vax rates lower than touted; Ministry's maths under review
NZ's true vaccination rate is about to be revealed as lower than previously trumpeted.
Ministry of Health accused of 'cooking the books' in NZ's Covid response
Statisticians say dataset used by the ministry undercounted Māori vaccination rates.
SkyCity Entertainment enjoys new recovery phase, business returning
"We're now in a new phase where people are returning," says Sky CEO Michael Ahearne.
Covid cases drop to lowest total in 102 days
Today's update is expected to be the last of the long holiday weekend.
Trade Minister tests positive for Covid
O'Connor has just returned from the Government's US trade trip with PM Jacinda Ardern.
11 Covid deaths and 6291 new cases as NZ braces for subvariant spread
New case numbers remain steady at the start of the long weekend.
Revealed: The 'appalling' number of ACC claims for long Covid accepted
ACC data shows only 73 claims for Covid have been made - and a tinier number accepted.
'Irreversible damage': What a forensic pathologist sees in bodies of Covid patients
A forensic pathologist's perspective of Covid-19 in New Zealand.
Mt Eden prison staff crisis: 102 vacancies, double-bunking to increase nationally
There are 102 vacancies at Mt Eden prison, where some units now can't be staffed.
Omicron outbreak: 14 deaths, 6232 new cases; virus subvariants detected in community
These are the first BA.4 and BA.5 cases reported in the community.
Focus Morning Bulletin: 3 June, 2022
The Queen's Jubilee, Water Services Entities Bill, Auckland gang shootings, potential second Covid-19 wave and long weekend traffic. Video / NZ Herald
Rating the landlords: Analysts assess listed property results
Covid, rising construction costs, sales, company direction - themes in the analysis.
South Africa was hit by wave of infections, despite most having antibodies
New York Times: Evidence of the virus's capacity to evolve and dodge immunity.
Live: 7870 new community cases, 13 deaths as modelling shows second Omicron wave to hit
Reinfections a likely driver in the second wave.
Covid 19: New modelling - reinfections could be 46 per cent of cases in second wave
New modelling shows reinfections playing a role in a second Omicron wave
Should I stop isolating if I'm still testing positive for Covid-19?
New York Times: Some people return positive RATs for 10, 12 or even 14 days.
This Europe hot-spot ditches its last Covid entry rules ahead of summer
The popular city no longer requires proof of vaccination, recovery or a negative test.
Relief, reunions and some anxiety as Shanghai (mostly) reopens
New York Times: Shanghai eases one of the world's longest, toughest lockdowns.