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Clearing up the Covid-19 chaos: Hospitals now tackling a huge backlog of operations
Patients prioritised as elective surgeries are ramping up under level 3 at many hospitals.
Patients prioritised as elective surgeries are ramping up under level 3 at many hospitals.
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There are three new Covid-19 cases today and no additional deaths. One of today's three cases is linked to overseas travel and one to a known case. The origin of another is still under investigation.
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There are three new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today. The number of cases has remained in single digits for 12 days. There are no further deaths.
Infections have risen much faster among healthcare workers than the rest of New Zealand.
There are two new cases of Covid-19 today, made up of one confirmed case and one probable case. It is the eleventh day in a row where case numbers have been in single digits.
What Kiwis got up to on the first day of alert level 3.
Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has been front and centre at the daily Covid-19 briefings.
The restrictions to receive the jab have lifted - and 700,000 vaccines are available.
The locations of New Zealand's Level 4 clusters. Video / NZ Herald
Baby Hiyana's Level 4 Lockdown diary, created by her parents Krunal and Heny Amin. Video / Supplied
A son writes of his mother's last days of hope and sorrow as she is lost to Covid-19.
Government inject further $40 million into free mental health services.
Preventable drownings are up, but rescues down as Covid-19 ends NZ beach season early.
New Zealand has another coronavirus-related death - a man in his 60s from the Rosewood Rest Home in Christchurch. The country also has five new Covid-19 cases today - two confirmed and three probable.
New Zealand's health boss and Auckland Transport at odds over passenger masks.
AT has also made advanced payments to contractors to help keep workers employed.
Letter from HDC to Health Minister raises concerns for normal healthcare during pandemic.
There are five new cases of Covid-19 today. There was a further death - a woman in her 70s from St Margaret's rest home in Te Atatu. Education Minister Chris Hipkins says that distance learning will continue 'for some time'.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned “the worst is yet ahead of us" for the coronavirus pandemic. Video / AP
An Auckland mum is on a mission to spread calm after return to school furore online.
The Government has allocated an extra $55 million to rapidly scale up contact tracing.
National Leader Simon Bridges says the Government's decision to extend the level 4 lockdown will "no doubt see a rise in mental health problems and stress related illnesses".
New Zealand will move to level 3 of lockdown on Monday, April 27 at 11:59pm. Alert level 3 will be held for two weeks and then Cabinet will assess whether to move down another level.
There are nine new coronavirus cases in New Zealand and one additional death. The death brings the total toll to 12 and is of a man in Invercargill who died at home and who was linked to the Bluff wedding cluster.
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New Zealand’s third week in lockdown was it's most deadly, but as new case numbers continue to fall, NZ remains optimistic that Level 4 restrictions may be lifted on schedule.
Focus: Wellington’s unusual silence as New Zealand enters week 4 of Covid-19 lockdown. Video / Mark Mitchell