PCR testing capacity increased by 20,000 a day
Surge capacity is now up to 77,600 tests a day, the Government says.
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Focus Live: PM Jacinda Ardern reveals new mask rules
January 25 2022 PM Jacinda Ardern said Cabinet has decided to update mask mandates as Omicron cases in the community increase. Masks must now be worn at businesses which serve food and drink, the PM said.
Omicron-linked wedding had up to 500 people, says guest
A second Auckland wedding becomes latest Omicron event.
District Council changes vaccine policy, unvaxxed staff can attend 'critical' meetings
TCDC changes its mandatory vaccine policy a week after it was introduced.
New vaccination centre prepping for Omicron
The new centre has replaced the indoor site for walk-ins in Westgate.
Focus: New vaccination centre for surge in booster jabs
A new vaccination centre opens in Auckland's Westgate Tuesday morning to meet the demand for boosters and child jabs. Video / NZ Herald
More Auckland locations linked to Omicron cases
An Omicron case travelled on a Glenfield to Albany bus route last week.
Third case of Omicron detected in Palmerston North
MidCentral DHB said they are continuing to support the cases to isolate at home.
Trevor Mallard hits back at overseas Kiwi's Covid criticism
Speaker takes aim at expat journalist Dan Wootton after incendiary column was published.
Rich countries lure health workers from low-income nations to fight shortages
New York Times: Health workers are leaving systems that urgently need their expertise.
Ten new Omicron infections as variant spreads to Tauranga, 25 community cases
New exposure sites across Auckland emerge including bottle shop, bakery and bus routes.
High Court to hear Destiny Church leader's appeal over custody decision
Brian Tamaki has been in Mt Eden Prison since Monday last week.
NSW records 18k cases, Victoria another 29 deaths
The number comes as NSW prepares to welcome thousands of children back into classroom.
Cook Islands stays open to tourists, despite Omicron and wild weather
Rarotonga will stay open to travel in spite of New Zealand's omicron outbreak.
RATs make millions for Australian importers
Some entrepreneurs have made a killing from importing Rapid Antigen Tests.
China tests 2m in Beijing, lifts Covid lockdown in Xi'an
Anyone who buys cold medicine is also being tested for Covid 19 in Xi'an.
5000 Samsung air purifiers ordered for New Zealand schools
Experts have been calling for air cleaners to help remove virus particles from classrooms.
Omicron's spread could end 'emergency phase' of pandemic - WHO
New York Times: Omicron offers 'plausible hope' for a return to normalcy, WHO boss says.
Omicron's radical evolution: How the variant came to thrive
New York Times: Researchers try to figure out how omicron defied rules of evolution.
Hope the Omicron wave increases global immunity
Cases in the US have peaked and are now dropping rapidly.
All Blacks great joins criticism of NZ's 'cruel, deluded, doomed' Covid response
All Blacks great Zinzan Brooke supports column slamming NZ's Covid response.
Olympians face a daunting final qualifying event: Staying healthy
New York Times: Years of sacrifice could go to waste if they get athletes coronavirus now.
Hollywood A-lister 'loved lockdown in New Zealand'
Benedict Cumberbatch was filming 'The Power of the Dog' before restrictions were enforced.
New Zealand scientists develop system to disinfect PPE
Kiwi scientists develop a potential solution to the more than 25k tonnes of plastic waste.
Live: 'Simultaneous' Delta, Omicron outbreaks feared; 50,000 daily cases worst scenario
Omicron: 'It's almost certain that this is going to take off and get big.'
Cruise ship dodges US bailiffs over $6m debt, sails for Bahamas
'We all feel we were abducted by luxurious pirates!'
Focus Morning Bulletin: 25 Jan, 2022
Kiwis stay welcome in the Cook Islands, Australia offers testing advice and Upper Hutt fire under control in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Pfizer's pill may not be available until after Omicron peak
Overseas trials found Paxlovid cut the chance of hospitalisation by 89 per cent.
Unvaccinated Sarah Palin tests positive
The ex-Alaska governor last month said she'd get vaccinated 'over my dead body'.
Working while infected: Industries warn of serious staff shortages
Warning self-isolation for close contacts of Covid-19 cases will cause serious shortages.
Wendy Petrie's daughter has Covid after just arriving in US
'Bit of a shock': Addison has just moved to San Diego on rowing scholarship.
NZ must learn from our Omicron mistakes: Aussie epidemiologist
An epidemiologist in South Australia is warning NZ not to follow their country's mistakes.
'We are all good': Motueka family at centre of Omicron outbreak
Family isolates in motel as NZ deals with outbreak.
School at red: 'If parents and teachers use commonsense, we'll get through'
Northland principals are worried about student absenteeism and compulsory mask-wearing.