Two MIQ Covid cases; New restrictions in Melbourne amid growing outbreak
As Victoria records new cases of Covid, our ministry is warning travellers to be prepared.
As Victoria records new cases of Covid, our ministry is warning travellers to be prepared.
All four of today's cases travelled from India, via Qatar.
Wastewater results from Christchurch have now come back as negative.
DHB says patient care the priority as they plan for the recovery phase after the attack.
Churches working with the Ministry of Health to encourage people to get Covid vaccine.
And half a million jabs have already been given, too.
Weak positive results now confirmed in Wgtn, Chch, Rotorua, Queenstown wastewater.
Wastewater testing confirms more weak positive results for Covid-19 in Porirua and Karori.
Information 'strongly suggestive ... that the death was unrelated to vaccination'.
Experts say the risk to public health from the Covid-positive mariner is 'negligible'.
How ESR scientists detect Covid-19 in wastewater samples. Video / ESR
'We wouldn't want them to be carte blanche open to everyone.'
The results from the new samples are expected to be available tomorrow evening.
We still don't know how effective NZ's sewage testing is, expert says.
Experts say latest 'weak' positives fit pattern of old infections picked up in wastewater.
It's likely the result is due to recovered cases continuing to shed the virus, MoH says.
Anyone in NZ who was at Melbourne places of interest must call Healthline for advice.
Contact tracers continue to follow up with 4500 recent arrivals from Victoria.
120,000 people have had their second doses of the Pfizer jab and are fully vaccinated.
There have been more than 388,000 vaccines administered across New Zealand. 120,000 of those have had their second doses.
The public health risk has been identified as low.
The first flights from Sydney landed back in NZ yesterday after a three-day pause.
The Covid-19 crisis is engulfing a mountainous nation of 30 million people.
The first flights from Sydney are due to touch down again this afternoon.
Medicinal cannabis campaigners say the Government's dogmatic approach is "ludicrous".
Port workers should get paid breaks to ensure they get the Covid-19 shot, union says.
The two new cases in MIQ are from the Philippines and Pakistan.
Vodafone has reported customers have lost data for some fixed and mobile connections.
The three new cases in MIQ come from France, the Maldives and Guatemala.
But IT leaders back Orion Health CEO Ian McCrae in his complaint to the Auditor-General.