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Private hospitals start closing their doors to unvaccinated patients and visitors
NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association boss says more hospitals could follow suit.
Focus Live: 215 new Covid-19 community cases, vaxed Kiwis won't need to stay in MIQ next year
November 24 2021 The managed isolation system at NZ's border is being dismantled for fully vaccinated Kiwis and travellers will be able to bypass it from early next year. It comes as officials announced there are 215 Covid-19 cases today.
NZ closing in on 5000 Delta cases; kids under 9 hit hard by virus
Most cases are in Auckland but numbers are growing elsewhere.
Pahiatua wastewater has had positive results for Covid for a week
Pahiatua wastewater positive for Covid in week of tests.
Disposable masks trump cloth, experts say
Disposable masks washed 10 times are more protective than triple-layer fabric masks.
Did ex-Health Minister turn blind eye to Pfizer's meeting request?
Pfizer waited over six weeks for vaccine meeting despite request sent to Minister.
Brooke van Velden: Cruel border rules defy logic and need to go
Ardern promised to govern for all Kiwis but those stuck overseas now seem an afterthought.
Opinion: Our other epidemic is being ignored
OPINION: Kushlan Sugathapala puts the case for an all-out effort to reduce obesity.
Fears unvaxxed Kiwis could download, use other people's vaccine passes
Vaccine pass teething problems threatening to hamper early roll out.
More than 1400 DHB doctors, nurses and other staff have not received first Covid jab
Steps are in place to minimise the impact to services from fewer staff, says Clements.
Māori now make up highest number of cases since Covid arrived in Aotearoa
ANALYSIS: Total Covid cases passed the 10,000 mark today - of those, 3249 were Māori.
'Constitutional disgrace': Major concerns over vaccinations bill
Millions of workers will be affected by vaccine mandates being passed under urgency.
Doctors have duty of care to all, including unvaccinated: MOH
Health Ministry responds to concerns about treating unvaxxed patients.
How to use the NZ Pass Verifier app
How to install and use NZ Pass Verifier to scan My Vaccine Pass in New Zealand. Video / Ministry of Health
Concerns grow over safety of Alzheimer's drug after death of patient
New York Times: Almost half of patients in trials experienced brain bleeding or swelling.
Businesses face $15K fines for failing to enforce vaccine pass
Vaccine passes will be a key part of the traffic light system from December 3.
More disability carers expected to reject mandate than expected
More disability care workers expected to be stood down next week.
Focus Live: Michael Wood on workplace vaccination requirements
November 23 2021 The Government has unveiled a tool to be used to help businesses and employers decide when workers need to be vaccinated.
Live: Freedom Day for NZ, Auckland to become 'red-light district'
'We are going into this next phase in one could argue the best possible position.'
Health boss: Jab order created 'great deal of angst'
One employee was stood down or lost their job, another "chose to walk away".
'Significant surge': DHB seeks 133 new staff to cope with Covid
More than 20 critical nurses sought in anticipation of caseload at Waitematā.
Focus: Jenny Ili diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome
Jenny Ili was barely a teenager when she was diagnosed with a rare disorder that would fail her kidneys and tie her to a machine six hours a day, three times a week. Video / Dean Purcell
'Tsunami of demand': Urgent calls for more kidney transplants
Jenny Ili was barely a teenager when her kidneys failed.
Ninety-minute trip: Birthing unit closed after midwife stands down
Expectant mothers will now have to travel over an hour to give birth.
How to save your knees without giving up your workout
New York Times: There's no magic bullet to knee health, but this can help.
Live: NZ to move to traffic light system on Dec 3
Cabinet has been considering whether to move Auckland to level 3.3.
Inside fentanyl's mounting death toll: 'This is poison'
New York Times: Fentanyl is now a black market commodity, killing thousands of people.
Focus Live: NZ moves to traffic light system on December 3
November 22 2021 The whole of NZ will move into the traffic light framework at 11.59pm on Thursday, December 2. Cabinet has also allowed for hairdressers and barbers in Auckland to open from Thursday to vaccinated people.
205 new Covid cases today; man in his 40s dies in hospital
A man aged in his 40s has died in Middlemore Hospital.
'Not a hangover' but 'the onset of meningitis'
The disease can move from flu-like symptoms to death within 48 hours.
'First of its kind in NZ': Hawke's Bay set to get $10m cancer clinic by 2024
State-of-the-art cancer clinic planned for the Hawke's Bay and set to open in Dec 2024.
Govt, health officials at odds over medical device for home isolation Covid cases
Health officials and Government ministers are at odds over the practice.
Europe braces against 'dramatic' Covid-surge
As a fourth wave of Covid-19 sweeps across Europe, severe restrictions follow.