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Ardern to companies contracting frontline workers: Test your staff or face the consequences
There is a penalty regime for employers not regularity testing their frontline staff
Many children with serious inflammatory syndrome had no Covid symptoms
New York Times: The syndrome can strike young people weeks after their Covid-19 infection.
Covid-19: Unvaccinated workers in MIQ will be moved to low-risk roles
From Monday unvaccinated MIQ workers will start being moved to low-risk roles.
UK will achieve herd immunity on Monday
Number with protection through vaccine or previous infection will hit 73.4% on April 12.
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Some receive multiple appointments while other frontline staff had not been contacted.
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The temporary suspension comes into force on Sunday.
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The travel suspension could extend to the US or Brazil if the situation changes.
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Parents are paying hundreds of dollars weekly to access eating disorder treatment for kids
Emirates introduces NZ flight restrictions days before India travel ban starts
The restriction applies to those who've been in India in the 14 days before their flight.
Transtasman bubble: Employers hesitant over Australian trips
Doctors at Auckland Hospital have been told they cannot fly to Australia for business.
'I am so stressed': Kiwis in India with flights booked to NZ frustrated
New Zealand's ban on travel from India will remain in place from April 11 to April 28.
Covid-infected security guard missed two vaccine jabs for 'personal reasons'
Border worker had been offered vaccination 'several times' says minister.
Chris Hipkins reveals positive border worker offered vaccine 'several' times
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President's callous remark after Brazil's deadliest day
His response to the tragedy has infuriated the country as deaths skyrocket.
NZ suspends travel from India to combat surge in Covid cases
Ban on travellers from India begins on Sunday and will remain in place until April 28.
PM: Frontline border workers must be vaccinated by Monday or else
Border workers had been given time to consider vaccine options. Now time has run out.
How Covid-19 is helping the search for GPs
Covid has raised awareness overseas of NZ as an attractive place to live and work.
Focus Live: PM Ardern suspends travel from India following surge in infected travellers
PM Jacinda Ardern announces starting Sunday NZ will temporally suspend travel from India to combat a surge in infected travellers. Video / NZ Herald
Covid-19: Passengers get baggage taken to MIQ hotels in pre-bubble trial
Auckland Airport runs trial which sees bags taken directly to managed isolation hotels.
How will China vaccinate 560 million people? Start with free ice cream
New York Times: China is deploying a medley of tactics to get people vaccinated.
Hotel security guard infected, 23 new Covid cases in MIQ
More detail is expected about a new possible case believed to be a border worker.
Covid-19: New advisory group to help Government with Covid decisions
The next few months will show exactly how well the vaccination rollout is going.
Analysis: Is New Zealand's vaccine rollout on track?
Intriguing questions hidden among the statistics.
NZ Covid Tracer app gets 'gamification', support for older phones
A psychological ploy, plus a practical move, to increase usage.
'Vaccine passports' emerge as the next coronavirus divide
New York Times: 'Vaccine passports' have raised legal and ethical questions.
Live: Border worker understood to have contracted Covid; Bloomfield calls press conference
Information is due at 1pm today.
Air routes bringing in the most Covid cases not flagged as 'high risk'
India-Dubai brings the majority of cases yet not deemed as high risk.
Covid-19: AstraZeneca vaccine warning threatens Australian rollout
UK authorities have recommended that the AstraZeneca vaccine not be given to under-30s.
With virus origins still obscure, WHO and critics look to next steps
New York Times: Scientific mission to China proposed further study for number of topics.
New scientist group to advise Govt on Covid
Six person group will be headed by epidemiologist Professor Sir David Skegg.