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Dr Ashley Bloomfield taking well-deserved holiday
The General-Director of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has announced he is taking a well-deserved break.
Focus Live: No new Covid-19 cases - NZ's freedoms rely on vigilance, says PM
Today there are no new cases of Covid-19 for the second straight day. The freedoms New Zealanders enjoy under the level 1 Covid-19 alert level rely on ongoing vigilance, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.
Another zero day - no new cases of Covid-19
Ashley Bloomfield remains confident there is no community transmission in NZ.
Covid-19 coronavirus: Where to now for the missing 367, Ministry of Health to reassess
Dr Ashley Bloomfield says people should not be being charged for their Covid-19 test.
Ministry wanted to keep Covid-19 case numbers from local councils
Ministry feared losing control of the Covid-19 information by giving it to councils.
Focus Live: Government to spend another $150 million on PPE
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revealed at today's post-Cabinet press conference that the Government would spend another $150 million on personal protective equipment for workers in border facilities and in health care.
Voluntary Covid-19 isolation: 39 people join family in facilities
Health Ministry's special exemption for those wanting to reunite early with arrivals.
Focus Live: Two new Covid-19 cases at isolation centres
There are two new cases of Covid-19 both recently returned from overseas. Both cases are in managed facilities since they arrived in the country. There are now 22 active cases in New Zealand.
Watch: Two more Covid cases; Health boss' plea to 367 Kiwis dodging authorities
There are now 22 active cases in New Zealand.
Opinion: 'If the system ain't broke, then why are so many people trying to fix it?'
COMMENT: NZs quarantine system is holding strong, so why are politicians trying to fix it?
PM on Clark v Bloomfield video - I know the full story
What Ardern thought of crestfallen Bloomfield's face: 'We do have to give some respite'
Surgery wait times to be slashed for Māori and Pacific: How it will happen
Documents outline how Auckland DHB is tackling decades-old health inequities.
Air NZ passenger says cabin crew too relaxed during global pandemic
An Air New Zealand passenger was shocked most of the crew weren't wearing masks
Four new cases of Covid-19 at border; one person in hospital
Today's cases bring the number of active cases in New Zealand to 20.
Steven Joyce: Heads should have rolled as border damage spreads far and wide
It's like the Keystone Cops are running the show.
Watch: Moment man reunites with wife, baby at quarantine facility
Korean couple's hopes of spending managed isolation together have come to fruition.
71 people refused to be tested for Covid-19. Here's what the Govt can do about it
Dozens of arrivals from overseas let out of managed isolation have refused to be tested.
One new Covid case from Kenya, 71 people refuse tests
Man in his 30s who arrived from Kenya on June 21 tests positive.
4 quarantined travellers confined to rooms for 3 days
A woman is one of four ordered to stay in their hotel rooms after fellow guest falls ill.
Another Covid case at Auckland hotel, guests reveal
'A speaker over the in-room PA system said that a guest had tested positive for Covid-19.'
Blooms for Bloomfield: Money raised for health boss will go to charity
A Kiwi wanted to send Ashley Bloomfield flowers - then things escalated rather quickly.
Audrey Young: Bloomfield-mania is back - but he is no victim. He has clear failings
COMMENT: Some blunders are not excusable, but neither men are villains.
Bloomfield's 'very good' relationship with Clark
Dr Bloomfield says he has a 'very good' relationship with David Clark.
Isolation on the frontline: Hotel staff under strain with Covid-19 risks
Overseas arrivals leaving isolation early, staff told not to wear PPE and no danger money.
Watch: 'Spineless' - Clark throws Bloomfield under the bus, as he stands alongside
Health Minister Dr David Clark was not about to take the blame for the testing botch-ups.
Covid-19: Lockdown lifted at Rotorua's Ibis Hotel
The lockdown was lifted after 7pm after health officials deemed the hotel to be safe.
Focus Live: Two new cases of Covid-19, one in locked-down Rotorua hotel
New Zealand has two new cases of Covid-19, taking our total number of active cases to 12. Health chief Ashley Bloomfield has also confirmed there is a positive case in Rotorua following the city's Ibis Hotel being put into lockdown.
Covid-19: 'Stressed' people lining up for hours to get swab tested
Swab testing at Covid-19 stations have once again ramped up due to the confirmed cases.
Who's the idiot that let border blunders happen?
Easy to criticise Government for being too strict one day and then too lax on another.
Covid-19: Border control is 'life or death'
Leading public health expert backs the Opposition's attack on Covid-19 border controls.
Focus Live: Kiwi air crews to be tested for Covid-19
All air crew on "high risk" routes will have to stay in isolation and return a negative test before they're allowed into the community, Health Minister David Clark says.
Focus Live: Two new Covid-19 cases in isolation facilities
Two more people have tested positive for Covid-19 and there are now 10 active cases in the country. Both of the two new cases are in managed isolation facilities, Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says.
Todd Muller calls lack of Covid info a 'national disgrace'
Todd Muller says a lack of testing could be behind a 37-day period of no imported cases.