New Covid 19 drug available in New Zealand
Molnupirav is a course of four tablets, taken every 12 hours for five days.
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Focus: Covid Outbreak | Thursday 28th April Wrap
There were 9047 new community cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, and the Ministry of Health revealed 13 more Covid-related deaths. Video / Dean Purcell / Mark Mitchell / Michael Craig
Pastor charged after organising anti-lockdown protest pleads guilty
Leon Samuels pleaded guilty to a single charge of breaching Covid-19 restrictions.
Live: 9047 new Covid cases, 13 related deaths as DHB sees jump after long weekend
Case numbers have doubled in Tairāwhiti, with the highest number in those aged 30-39.
Heartbroken Kiwis call for Government to apologise after MIQ court victory
Grounded Kiwis spokeswoman stayed up all night in London, waiting to be vindicated.
May music festival to support booster shots for Northland Maori
Music festival aims to help whānau get over the Covid blues.
China's Covid lockdown outrage tests limits of triumphant propaganda
New York Times: Public anger is creating a credibility crisis for the country's leader.
Focus Morning Bulletin: 28 April, 2022
The High Court delivers another blow to the Government’s covid response, why bollards aren’t an easy fix for ram raids and review underway following tragic deaths at our ports in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Which animal viruses could infect people? Computers are racing to find out
New York Times: Biologist Colin Carlson has started to worry about mousepox.
'Heartache, stress': Charlotte Bellis on landmark MIQ court victory
Charlotte Bellis and her partner were playing the MIQ lottery while expecting a baby.
Mask crusaders: 150 doctors, experts want kids to cover up in classrooms this winter
Health experts say NZ needs more measures to tackle Covid-19 - and a clearer strategy.
Returnee who went on hunger strike calls MIQ court decision 'bittersweet'
Kurt Lehndorf's father health worsened while he was in MIQ, he decided to go on a strike.
Claire Trevett: Will we see accountability for what the Govt got wrong with MIQ?
Govt took credit for what it got right - what about accountability for what it got wrong?
Focus: Covid Outbreak | Wednesday 27th April Wrap
There are 9830 new community cases of Covid-19 and a further 23 deaths. Video / NZ Herald
23 Covid deaths, 9830 cases as Omicron wave continues in South
Yesterday there were 6380 new cases in the community.
What an unvaccinated police officer who nearly died of Covid wants you to know
New York Times: Frank Talarico was hospitalised for 49 days with the coronavirus.
Don't want to catch Covid on a plane? Wear a mask and avoid business class
The Conversation: What is the risk? And does it really matter where on the plane you are?
21 Countries that have ditched mask rules
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The P in paradise: Meth use doubled in lockdown, remains elevated
Drug abuse rose sharply and has stayed well above the historical average.
Focus: Covid Outbreak | Tuesday 26th April Wrap
There were 6,380 new community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand on Tuesday and a further four Covid-19 related deaths. Video / NZ Herald / Dean Purcell / Michael Craig
China's Covid lockdowns revive the ghosts of a planned economy
New York Times: China is meddling with free enterprise as it hadn't in decades.
6380 new Covid cases today, up from long weekend decline
Daily case numbers fell over the long weekend alongside testing rates.
Where do travellers in the US need to wear masks now?
New York Times: Looking at travelling to the United States? Here's what you need to know.
Covid outbreak in Beijing prompts panic buying and lockdown fears
New York Times: Supermarkets stocked up as panic buying began.
Live: 5690 Covid cases, 10 people die with virus, 514 in hospital
Latest data comes amid sluggish vaccine rates as Omicron pandemic drags on.
A company looked after the kids of essential workers in lockdown. It's now lost a bid to claim $316,000
If its assumption was correct, Edubase would have gotten at least triple the normal rate.
Covid-19: Cook Islands reports first pandemic death
The Cook Islands have had a total of 4727 cases, 3990 of whom have recovered.
Govt poorly supported disabled people in Omicron outbreak - inquiry
NZ Disability Support Network says disabled people forgotten about in Covid-19 response.
Second Omicron wave may have begun - expert
Deaths of 10 to 15 people a day are likely to continue for months.
Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald on how to recalibrate after the pandemic
Kyle MacDonald looks at how we can work out what happiness means for us in 2022.
'Seven in 10' people in England have had Covid at least once
Data shows an estimated 38.5 million people have been infected since April 2020.
Covid-19: XE has arrived in NZ - what threat does it pose?
A person who has travelled from overseas to NZ has been confirmed as having XE variant.
NZ has first case of Covid XE variant; two children under 9 among deaths
Holidaymakers are warned to have contingency plans in case they catch Covid-19 while away.