WATCH LIVE: Ministry of Health Deputy Director-General and head of the Public Health Agency, Dr Andrew Old, is providing an update on the Covid-19 response at 12noon.

Dr Old will be joined by Dr Pete Watson, Interim National Medical Director, Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand and Dr Rawiri McKree Jansen, Interim Chief Medical Officer of Te Aka Whai Ora – Māori Health Authority.

The update will be live-streamed from Middlemore Hospital in Auckland on the Ministry of Health website