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Covid cases, rules, and free stuff: What you need to know
Explainer - What will Budget 2024 reveal about the country's Covid-19 strategy? RNZ recaps what we know so far.
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Weekly Covid-19 cases up - again
27 May 2024There have been 6636 new cases of Covid-19 reported in the past week, and seven further deaths attributed to the virus. Audio
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Covid spikes to highest level in 18 months, hospitalisations rising
27 May 2024Fresh warnings are being issued as the virus surges again. Audio
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'Significant' wave of Covid likely to hit NZ this winter
23 May 2024The FLiRT subvariant is driving a big jump in cases, just as flu season begins. Audio
Key Coverage
- Covid-19 in NZ in numbers
- Is Long Covid a new type of chronic fatigue syndrome?
- How do we protect our youngest against Covid-19?
Covid-19 headlines with summaries.
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Pharmacist faulted for not warning of Covid-19 vaccine risk
20 May 2024The pharmacist vaccinated Rory Nairn, who died 12 days later.
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The puzzle of the coalition pledge to end vaccine mandates
15 May 2024The government is still trying to work out how it will meet its pledge to end Covid mandates, given the mandates were scrapped more than a year ago.
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China due to free vlogger who filmed Wuhan lockdown
A Chinese journalist who covering the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic from its epicentre in Wuhan is due to be released from prison after serving a sentence for "provoking trouble".
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Covid-19 update: 2287 new cases, 19 further deaths
6 May 2024There have been 2287 new cases of Covid-19 reported in the past week, and 19 further deaths attributed to the virus.
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Covid-19 update: 2343 new cases, 11 further deaths
29 Apr 2024Canterbury had the highest number of reported active cases with 399, followed by Capital and Coast with 217.
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Covid-19 update: 2383 new cases, 21 further deaths
23 Apr 2024There have been 2383 new cases of Covid-19 reported in the past week, and 21 further deaths attributed to the virus.
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Long Covid sufferers fear benefit rule change
15 Apr 2024Sarah Macrae is in "agony" just trying to drive her children to school. Looking for work is impossible, she says.
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Covid-19 update: 2618 new cases, 8 further deaths
15 Apr 2024There have been 2618 new cases of Covid-19 reported in the past week, and eight further deaths attributed to the virus.
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Covid-19 update: 3385 new cases, 13 further deaths
8 Apr 2024There have been 3385 new cases of Covid-19 reported in the past week, and 13 further deaths.
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8000 health workers kept working despite not being fully vaccinated
3 Apr 2024The staff, including hundreds of doctors, were allowed to work through the pandemic because services could not function without them.
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Covid-19 update: 3399 new cases, seven further deaths
2 Apr 2024There were also 168 people with the virus who were being treated in hospital.
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Why experts think Long Covid is still a worry
26 Mar 2024Long Covid can impact people for years and have "considerable" health impacts, researcher says. Audio
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Why scrapping the term 'long Covid' would be harmful
Opinion - The assertion from Queensland's chief health officer John Gerrard that it's time to stop using the term "long Covid" has made headlines internationally.
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Covid-19 update: 4666 new cases, 20 further deaths
18 Mar 2024There have been 4666 new cases of Covid-19 reported in the past week, and 20 further deaths attributed to the virus.
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Wage subsidy scheme judicial review heard in High Court
12 Mar 2024The court has heard arguments over the lawfulness of recommendations made by the Auditor-General about the wage subsidy scheme.
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Covid-19 cases drop since last week
11 Mar 2024Covid-19 cases have dropped since last week. As of 11.59pm on Sunday, 4803 new cases had been reported, and 24 further deaths attributed to the virus. Of the new cases,...
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Covid-19 update: 5575 new cases, 21 deaths
4 Mar 2024The number of Covid-19 cases reported in the last week is slightly down on the week before, with 5575 cases reported.
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'Getting the word from the flax roots': Northlanders frank on Covid's impact
23 Feb 2024Hundreds have taken the chance to share their views with a Royal Commission of Inquiry that's visiting the region.
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Covid-19 testing: What you need to know
22 Feb 2024Explainer - With all these new Covid variants, how are the old tests holding up? And what's the point of testing now, anyway?
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Covid-19 wastewater levels rise for three weeks in a row
21 Feb 2024There has been a small sting in the tail of the Covid-19 Christmas wave, with an apparent rise in cases this month.
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Covid-19 update: 6312 new cases, 14 deaths
19 Feb 2024There have been 6312 new cases of Covid-19 reported over the week to Sunday, and 14 further deaths attributed to the virus.
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Covid-19 cases up since last week
12 Feb 2024Covid-19 cases have risen since last week as New Zealand comes out of the fifth wave of the virus.
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Thousands of lives saved by vaccines during Omicron - study
10 Feb 2024The researchers say the strategy in the early phases meant there were between 34,000 and 56,000 fewer hospitalisations over the period studied.
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Covid-19 update: 5555 new cases, 20 deaths
7 Feb 2024Covid-19 cases have dropped slightly since last week as New Zealand comes out of the fifth wave of the virus.
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