There is one Covid case to report today in managed isolation. The person travelled from Britain via Qatar and tested positive on day 6. There are no community cases to report, the Ministry of Health said. The Ministry of Health
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Covid 19 coronavirus: Four new MIQ Covid cases, before Cooks travel bubble announcement
There are four new Covid cases to report today, all inmanaged isolation facilities. The four cases in MIQ have come from Pakistan, the Philippines, Indonesia and India. The total number of active cases in New Zealand today is 25. Today’s
Covid 19 coronavirus editorial: Bubble, border breaches complicate strategy
EDITORIAL: New Zealand’s transtasman travel bubble turbulence should be placed in a wider context. Travel links to Western Australia were hurriedly paused on Saturday night after an MIQ worker in Perth tested positive for Covid-19. It is hard not to
Covid 19 coronavirus: Why MIQ is still a risk to transtasman bubble
Every 100,000 travellers passing through quarantine in Australia and New Zealand has come with an average six “failures” – and experts warn that risk may increase as the Covid-19 pandemic burns on. In a new analysis, Otago University researchers found
Covid 19 coronavirus: 400 exposed after transtasman bubble breach at Brisbane Airport
Brisbane International Airport is now a “venue of concern” after a passenger, who had travelled from Papua New Guinea and mingled with passengers bound for New Zealand, tested positive to Covid-19. Almost 400 passengers who flew to New Zealand from
Covid 19 coronavirus: NZ vaccine numbers update; $1 million to help India’s virus response
There will be enough Covid vaccines for everyone in New Zealand – but Kiwis will need to be patient in some cases, Associate Health Minister Ayesha Verrall says. In total about 232,000 vaccine doses have been administered so far. There
Covid 19 coronavirus border worker testing register: Government could have moved earlier, Hipkins admits
Covid-19 Minister Chris Hipkins has admittedthe Government could have moved earlier when it came to making the border worker testing register mandatory. “Hindsight is a wonderful thing,” he told Q&A this morning. The admission has drawn criticism from the National
Covid 19 coronavirus: MIQ security guard ‘lied’ about tests, Chris Hipkins – ‘Border workers don’t wear ankle bracelets’
By RNZ Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says he won’t be putting the 4500 workers in managed isolation facilities under suspicion due to the actions of a border security guard who according to the Prime Minister “was lying” about getting
Did Covid kill startup investment? Report reveals 2020 figures
A new report on NZ startup investment, from PwC, the Angel Association and NZ Growth Capital Partners, celebrates the recent offshore sale of software companies Seequent ($1.45 billion) and Vend ($450 million) as a coming-of-age. Read More 13 hot tech
Covid 19 coronavirus: AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots – what is known so far
In rare cases, an immune reaction has led to antibodies that caused a serious clotting disorder. But public health experts maintain the vaccine’s benefits far outweigh the risks for most people. The AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine has been deployed against Covid-19 in