Coronavirus

Covid-19: Locations of interest linked to Omicron

Flights, airports, supermarkets, and the Sky Tower are among new locations of interest linked to the confirmed community Omicron cases. Nine cases from a single... Read More

Covid-19: 24 community, 47 border, 8 in hospital

The Ministry of Health is reporting 24 new community cases, 47 new cases identified at the border and eight people are in hospital. More than 40,000 booster... Read More

One Love Festival unable to proceed at red setting

The organisers of the One Love Festival have announced that the festival cannot go ahead as planned on the weekend of January 29 due to Omicron. New Zealand will... Read More

LIVE: All NZ to move to red setting tonight

The whole of NZ will move into the red setting of the traffic light system at 11.59pm on Sunday night, the prime minister confirms. Watch LIVE as Prime Minister... Read More

PM to hold urgent Omicron press conference at 11am

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield will hold an urgent press conference on Omicron at 11am on Sunday. The conference... Read More

Covid-19: Time to buddy up for Omicron outbreak

A buddy system and how to properly isolate at home are part of a major Government campaign to prepare people for a community outbreak of the highly transmissible... Read More

Samoa to go into 48-hour lockdown

Samoa will go into lockdown for 48 hours from 6pm on Saturday after 15 confirmed cases of Covid-19 were detected at the border from an Australian charter flight. Samoa... Read More

Covid-19: 41 MIQ, 43 community, 8 in hospital

The Ministry of Health is reporting 43 new community cases on Saturday, and 41 new cases identified at the border. Of the 43 new community cases, 19 are in Auckland,... Read More

Vaccine passes: Council requirement at red setting

Vaccine passes will become compulsory to enter Western Bay libraries, service centres and swimming pools should New Zealand move to red under the traffic light... Read More

BOPDHB preparing for Omicron wave

The Bay of Plenty District Health Board is predicting pressure on its resources if there is an Omicron outbreak. 'As we've seen from the outbreak in Australia,... Read More

Palmerston North case positive for Omicron

The Palmerston North case that tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday has been confirmed as having the Omicron variant. The Ministry of Health says whole genome... Read More

Covid-19: 23 new cases in NZ, zero in BOP

The Ministry of Health is reporting 23 new community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today, none of which are in the Bay of Plenty. According to the latest numbers,... Read More