24 new cases - 3 unlinked; Big lockdown decision looms; 73.1% have at least one jab
Cabinet meets on Monday to decide whether to drop Auckland out of lockdown.
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Focus Live: 24 new community cases - 3 unlinked to outbreak
September 19 2021 There are 24 new Covid cases in the community in what is the penultimate day before Monday's big alert levels decision.
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Focus: NZ Delta outbreak | Saturday 18th Sept wrap
There were 20 new cases of COVID-19 in the community on September 18th. Video / NZ Herald
20 new community cases as Auckland clings to hope
Health Ministry says it expects fluctuating case numbers at this point in the outbreak.
Level 4 'unlikely' ever again if vaccination rate high enough: Minister
"The number of 90 per cent is now used, and I think we can get beyond that."
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Cambodia vaccinating 6-to-11-year-olds before schools reopen
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The 90% Project: SkyCity aiming to vaccinate 500 staff in three days
Aim is to have 500 staff vaccinated on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday
11 new community cases; positive wastewater result in east Auckland
Officials are "cautiously optimistic" New Zealand is closing in on the outbreak.
Focus: NZ Delta outbreak | Friday 17th Sept wrap
There are 11 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today - two of which remain unlinked to the outbreak. Video / NZ Herald
Focus Live: 11 new Covid-19 community cases today
September 17 2021 There are 11 new cases in the community today taking us past the grim milestone of 1000 cases in the Delta outbreak. Two of today's cases are unlinked at this stage.
The 90% Project: Businesses incentivise 25,000-plus staff to be jabbed
"Vaccinations are the best tool we have to plot a path back to normality", says one CEO.
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The 90% Project - let's vaccinate NZ by Xmas
The 90% Project is an NZ Herald initiative that aims to reach all New Zealanders to get the word out about vaccination so we can save lives and restore freedoms. Video / NZ Herald
Māori-led mobile vaccine clinic in Wellington helps to curb vaccine hesitancy
Māori vaccination rates are slowly creeping up - but under 60s are still behind.
Live: Mt Maunganui bakery's 'massive shock' at being linked to Covid outbreak
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Covid-19 coronavirus: Ventilation at Wellington's Bay Plaza Hotel not up to Delta standard
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Dr Ayesha Verrall says Delta outbreak close to being 'under control'
Dr Ayesha Verrall spoke to Newstalk ZB.
Conversion therapy ban bill: Submitters call for stronger law
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Vaccination buses hit the streets: First stop, South Auckland
Six "Mr Whippy" style vaccination buses will be blessed and sent out today.
Live: 13 new cases; truck driver who left Auckland tests positive
It comes as the 'Shot Bro' vaccine buses start doing the rounds.
Focus: NZ Delta outbreak | Thursday 16th Sept wrap
13 new community cases are announced and the 'Shot Bro' vaccine buses hit the road to boost jab rates. Video / NZ Herald
RSV outbreak: Nearly 900 children admitted to Wellington hospitals in June and July
More than a third of children admitted to hospital were less than a year old.
Focus Live: 13 new Covid-19 cases in the community
There are 13 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today - including a truck driver who left Auckland. The truck driver travelled to Hamilton, Cambridge and Tauranga but it's unclear if he was infectious during that time. There may be no locations of interest, Dr Ashley Bloomfield said.
Supermarket truck driver who tested positive for Covid-19 drove to Hamilton, Cambridge and Tauranga
Work is in progress to see if there are any locations of interest.
Live: 'Scary stuff' - expert's advice: 'If you hate lockdowns get a shot'
Modelling showed even with high vaccination rates opening up could still lead to deaths.