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RSV virus outbreak: Bloomfield 'concerned' as cases rise
RSV is a 'nasty illness' that is debilitating for young babies, making them very sick.
RSV is a 'nasty illness' that is debilitating for young babies, making them very sick.
The single-dose Janssen Covid vaccine has been approved for those aged 18 and older in New Zealand.
The ministry said it was keen to get 'as many people as possible vaccinated'.
Patients needing urgent heart care were waiting more than six months, emails reveal.
A Napier mum is terrified of losing her four-month-old daughter who is in ICU with RSV.
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Health officials say the situation represents a low risk to public health.
The appeal will run today and tomorrow in the Court of Appeal in Wellington.
The new case arrived in New Zealand from the Philippines via Singapore on June 19.
It was estimated between 6000 and 20,000 saliva tests would be done per week.
PM Jacinda Ardern says the transtasman bubble pause will be lifted for Western Australia and the Northern Territory from 11.59pm on July 9, but will remain in place for Queensland and New South Wales.
Seven new cases to report today in MIQ.
A rapidly expanding cancer waiting list forced the SDHB to outsource 200 patients.
The travel bubble pause with SA, ACT, Tasmania and Victoria will lift at 11.59pm tonight.
Laura Mallin was devastated to lose her baby in her 38th week of her pregnancy and feels DHB maternity services need to take accountability for her loss. Video / Mike Scott
'We were told May and then we were told June and now we're told July.'
Student nurse numbers have been recorded at a near-decade low over fears of ill treatment.
The number of people studying nursing has hit a near-decade low last year.
King says it's a "sad day". The Ministry says the request was outside the funding period.
Dr Alistair Humphrey resigned after being reinstated to his position in April.
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'Plan A is still for everyone to be offered the Pfizer vaccine by the end of the year'.
As of midnight last night, 149,608 doses of vaccine had been administered across New Zealand, while more than 444,000 New Zealanders had received their second dose.
Bloomfield: Likelihood of people in Wellington still incubating virus "now very low".
Wellington will return to alert level 1 from 11.59pm tonight, eight days after a Covid-infected Sydney tourist flew out of the capital. Video / Mark Mitchell
The directions sent them to a hall five minutes away from where the new vaccine centre is.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirms there are no new cases of Covid-19 overnight but encouraged kiwis to remain alert no matter the Alert Level decision. Video / Derek Cheng
Genome sequencing is underway to detect any sign of in-facility transmission.
The Government will tomorrow make a call on resuming the transtasman travel bubble.
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