Coronavirus

Covid update: 34,528 new cases in the past week

There have been 34,528 new cases of Covid-19 and 23 deaths of people with the virus over the past week, the Ministry of Health says. As of Sunday midnight, 418... Read More

Baby: Parents refuse blood from vaccinated donors

Te Whatu Ora is going to court over a couple who do not want their sick baby to have surgery unless doctors use blood from unvaccinated donors. Anti-vax campaigner... Read More

Covid case spike: 6000 reported today

New Zealand has seen a spike in Covid-19 numbers - with 6000 cases reported today. That is 1247 more cases than were reported last Tuesday. Of the cases announced... Read More

Covid update: 27,076 new cases, 58 deaths

There are 27,076 new cases of Covid-19 this week, the Ministry of Health says. There were also 58 deaths of people with Covid-19 and 328 people with the virus... Read More

Top award for Covid-19 vaccine safety research

A lead author behind one of the first papers in the world to confirm the safety of COVID-19 vaccines - including the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine rolled out in New... Read More

Covid-19: 40 deaths in the past week

There are 24,068 new cases of Covid-19 this week, says the Ministry of Health. There are also a further 40 deaths being reported today, including a child under... Read More

Covid: Cases top 4000 for first time since August

There were 4282 daily Covid-19 cases reported today, breaking a plateau that has lasted about three weeks. The number is 9.4 per cent higher than the previous... Read More

Covid-19: 21,595 community cases in last week

There have been 21,595 new community cases of Covid-19 reported across New Zealand in the past week, up from 20,802 last week. There are 670 new cases in the Bay... Read More

Govt has no plans for annual Covid booster, yet

Despite rising Omicron case numbers, hospitalisations and reinfections, the government has no plans yet to launch an annual Covid-19 vaccination booster for the... Read More

Covid-19: Expert wants graded response

The seven-day rolling average of Covid-19 cases has risen more than 60 per cent since September, while hospitalisation and death rates are increasing with a third... Read More

Covid-19: 20,802 community cases in last week

There have been 20,802 new community cases of Covid-19 reported across New Zealand in the past week, up from 20,522 last week. There are 641 new cases in the Bay... Read More

Covid-19: 20,522 new cases over the past week

There have been 20,522 new Covid-19 cases reported across New Zealand in the past week - up from 16,399 last week. There are 676 cases reported in the Bay of Plenty.... Read More