
School's in for Covid vaccine: Parents urged to discuss jabs with teens
It comes after Medsafe gave provisional approval for 12 to 15 year olds.
It comes after Medsafe gave provisional approval for 12 to 15 year olds.
India's death toll exceeds 386,000 — a figure considered to be a vast undercount.
Around 265,000 children are in the 12-15 age group in New Zealand.
PM Jacinda Ardern has welcomed Medsafe's "very carefully considered" provisional approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for children aged 12 to 15.
Wuhan Institute of Virology has been short-listed for "identifying" the coronavirus.
Delays in discharging patients are worsening pressures on the already strained facilities.
The HDC decision comes at least two years after the tragic loss.
More than 230 doctors and 900 nurses are among those stuck in residence limbo.
He's selling items he can't use, in an order which reflects his body's deterioration.
Officials fear the new case caught the Delta variant while on an Emirates flight.
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The busy mall at Bondi is popular with New Zealanders, says the Ministry of Health.
Some DHBs opt-in, some don't - and the Ministry of Health offers only vague guidance.
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The current outbreak in Sydney is of the more transmissible Delta variant.
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Good news for those travelling from New South Wales.
Ministry bulletins for school leaders have addressed misinformation since last year.
Sydney's new Covid-19 cluster has been met with harsh criticism from some health experts.
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"I was frozen, I was thinking I don't know how long before maybe passing out.'
July 28 will be the official beginning to the general public vaccine rollout.
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'It has been determined that ... the risk to public health in New Zealand remains low.'
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Antibodies carry on fighting virus long after infection - which is good news for vaccines.
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New Zealand could have another locally-approved Covid-19 vaccine available by August.
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PM Jacinda Ardern reveals how Kiwis will be able to book their Covid vaccinations through a national system ahead of the general public rollout. Video / NZ Herald