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Omicron wave: Experts predict what happens next
With NZ now into phase 2, what can we expect for the rest of this Omicron outbreak?
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810 new cases: Big Omicron spike moves NZ closer to Phase 2
Positive cases jumped to 810 today - almost twice the previous day's total.
Editorial: Outbreak highlights limitations of rapid tests
EDITORIAL: The debate around rapid antigen tests is occurring amid failures in Melbourne.
One in 10 seriously sick with Covid experience long-term symptoms
Physios calling on the Government to put more resource into caring for people suffering.
Despite Govt denials, testing companies tell customers Govt taking RATs stock
Rapid antigen test companies have emailed clients saying the Govt is taking their stock.
'Significant strain': New Omicron modelling predicts hit on health system
Daily hospital admissions could range from 200 to 800.
Father contracts Covid. A year later he dies for three minutes in diving accident
He caught Covid after a 30-second hug. A year later he nearly died in drowning accident.
New cancer research programme uses genomic profiling that can give patients a second chance
Cancer patients who have exhausted other treatment options can get another chance.
Covid-19: Why Kiwis can adapt to NZ's new normal
Kiwis bounced back from 2020's pandemic anxiety - and we can do it again, expert says.
Covid-19: Five ways NZ can tackle the Omicron wave
What should NZ be doing before the Omicron wave hits? Experts single out five focus areas.
Ex-MP and Covid theories: The cost of a 'treacherous political rabbit hole'
Former National MP Matt King on why he won't 'sell my soul to the devil'.
A different Covid-19 vaccine debate - do we need new ones?
Omicron has many wondering if they will need boosters every few months or a new vaccine.
Covid-19: What can NZ learn from Australia's Omicron wave?
NZ hospitals should prepare for "worst-case" scenario of 1500 daily cases, experts say.
Booster change gives NZ bigger head-start against Omicron - experts
Experts welcome "pragmatic" Govt call to make booster available to a million more Kiwis.
The planet-saving plan to bring the woolly mammoth back from the dead
Times: 'Our goal isn't just to bring back functional mammoths but to rewild the Arctic.'
Math that helped solve Fermat's theorem now safeguards the digital world
New York Times: The mathematicians also devised powerful forms of end-to-end encryption.
Critical worker RATs rollout faces 'accessibility issues': expert
It has been announced 36 million extra rapid antigen test kits have been secured.
Explained: What NZ can expect from new Omicron subvariant
It's expected to soon become the main type of Omicron spreading in NZ. So what is BA.2?
Can NZ get boosted before Omicron peak hits? Race is on
Omicron cases are soon expected to take off - but there's hope we can boost NZ in time.
Omicron amps up concerns about long Covid and its causes
Scientists race to find treatments before a potential explosion in long Covid cases.
How some asteroids can sneak up on us
Researchers have been investigating how asteroids can evade detection.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: The real reason for Govt's RATs debacle
OPINION: It's hard to fathom what basic errors were made at Government level.
Covid-19: Omicron's out - but don't discount Delta
We've heard predictions Omicron will wipe out the deadlier Delta. Are they really true?
'As ready as we can be': Testing labs gear up to triple output during Omicron wave
"We're a lot better off now than we were when Delta came."
Explainer: What's known about 'stealth' version of Omicron?
Scientists and health officials are keeping their eyes on a descendant of Omicron variant.
Covid-19: Why aerosols raise Omicron's indoor risk
If you're sitting in a bar in an Omicron epidemic, should you be worried? Experts explain.
Tuberculosis vaccine effective at preventing serious Covid-19 illness, early finding shows
The findings can be incorporated into the design of future Covid vaccines and therapies.
Covid-19: Should we be masking 2-year-olds?
Experts say Govt's mask policy could be widened further - and even to 2-year-olds.
Live: 'Simultaneous' Delta, Omicron outbreaks feared; 50,000 daily cases worst scenario
Omicron: 'It's almost certain that this is going to take off and get big.'
Omicron: How did this outbreak start? What we've learned so far
As NZ battles its first major Omicron cluster, experts suggest how it may have started.
Melbourne epidemiologist says NZ will 'easily' see 100,000 cases
While the country has suppressed past outbreaks, Omicron brings new challenges.
Cutting booster wait now could spare worse Omicron peak - expert
Epidemiologist says NZ is 'crazy' not to cut booster gap to three months after second jab.