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Emma says she was repeatedly sent home from ED feeling like no one believed her suffering.
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More Kiwis may get reinfected with Covid amid waning immunity and new variants
Yesterday, 9109 community cases were reported.
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Revealed: The new system replacing vaccine passes
Exclusive: New voluntary vaccine pass system, digital immunisation journal in the works.
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The new sub-variant had shown that it could 'out-compete' existing variants, experts said.
Six dead, 5656 Covid cases today - new variant discovered in NZ
Case numbers are starting to plateau, except in the West Coast and South Canterbury.
New Covid-19 'Lamp' test to be trialled at Auckland Airport
Lamp tests combine speed of RATs with accuracy of a PCR test and can be self-administered.
'Safe and sensible': The schools sticking with mask mandates
Some schools join doctors' and scientists' call for classroom mask mandate over winter.
Seven more Covid deaths and 7043 new community cases
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Concerns over low Waikato Pasifika and Māori immunisation rates ahead of winter
Covid-19 community vaccination sites now include measles, mumps and rubella immunisations.
MIQ gatecrashing family: Emails reveal officials' fears about 'loophole'
'I hope they don't post anything on how they managed to skirt the system."
Live: 14 deaths, 8242 new cases; 480 people in hospital
The 480 people in hospital with the virus include 15 in intensive care.
Health authorities preparing for Covid resurgence
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Revealed: The city Christopher Luxon believes 'needs to get sorted'
The National Party leader said crime and emergency housing motels would put visitors off.
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Live: 9047 new Covid cases, 13 related deaths as DHB sees jump after long weekend
Case numbers have doubled in Tairāwhiti, with the highest number in those aged 30-39.
23 Covid deaths, 9830 cases as Omicron wave continues in South
Yesterday there were 6380 new cases in the community.
Live: 5690 Covid cases, 10 people die with virus, 514 in hospital
Latest data comes amid sluggish vaccine rates as Omicron pandemic drags on.
Second Omicron wave may have begun - expert
Deaths of 10 to 15 people a day are likely to continue for months.
Covid-19: XE has arrived in NZ - what threat does it pose?
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Few children experienced adverse side effects after Pfizer vaccine - survey
Survey identified no new safety concerns for the child vaccine, Ministry of Health says.
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.
'It's just disgusting': Disability advocate outraged at legal fees
MoH has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars fighting families of disabled.
Excitement at health locality pilot announcement: 'Now the hard work begins.'
Local health leaders welcome Whanganui being named as one of nine pilot networks.
18 deaths, 10,294 new Covid cases as booster roll-out stalls
While case numbers are dropping, health staff are being urged to not become complacent.