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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.

Editorial: Anzac Day dawns anew

EDITORIAL: We're not locked down, but Anzac Day commemorations this year will be muted.

Few children experienced adverse side effects after Pfizer vaccine - survey

Survey identified no new safety concerns for the child vaccine, Ministry of Health says.

Focus: Covid Outbreak | Friday 22nd April Wrap

22 April 2022 | There are 9,390 new community cases of Covid-19 and a further 13 deaths to report today. Video / NZ Herald

Teen tests positive twice in six weeks - how common is Covid re-infection?

The first time the boy had barely a sniffle - the second, he was 'really, really crook'.

UK patient had Covid-19 for 505 days straight, study shows

The person was positive with Covid-19 for nearly a year and a half.

13 new Covid deaths, including person aged between 10-19

Person aged between 10 and 19 is one of 13 people reported to have died with Covid.

Audrey Young: Blessings, bad news and plan B in Aussie election campaign

Week 2 wrap: Crushing egg-shells and catching Covid on the Australian campaign trail.

Hidden Covid crisis: Sharp rise in Kiwis struggling with mental wellbeing, happiness

Experts call for urgent action amid concern about Covid's impact on mental health.

'Derailing gender equality': The true cost of the pandemic for women

During the pandemic, women have carried much of the unpaid emotional and domestic burden.