Coronavirus

MIQ employers asked to provide worker vaccine info

A year after Managed Isolation and Quarantine was established, 86 per cent of workers there have been vaccinated, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says, while also... Read More

LIVE: No new community cases, 7 in MIQ

Director General of health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield has confirmed there are no new community cases of Covid-19 and seven new positive cases in managed isolation.... Read More

Covid-19: Three new cases, none in community

The Ministry of Health says there are no new COVID-19 community cases to report today. There are three new positive COVID-19 border-related cases in managed isolation... Read More

Covid update here and around the globe

A Stuff analysis of Covid-19 cases detected at the New Zealand border has found pre-departure testing has made little difference in the number of detected cases. Pre-departure... Read More

COVID-19: Ten new cases in MIQ, no community cases

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Health says there are no new COVID-19 community cases to report today. 'There are ten new positive COVID-19 border-related... Read More

MIQ workers thanked on one-year anniversary

Staff at managed isolation and quarantine facilities have successfully managed the return home of 130,000 New Zealanders and kept five million Kiwis safe, Covid-19... Read More

Three generations vaccinated

At 98, Emily Reid has lived through a lot, but nothing like the Covid-19 pandemic. As the grandparent of a managed isolation facility worker living in the same... Read More

Group to advise govt on post-vaccination future

The government has set up a public health advisory group up to provide advice and on any crucial Covid-19 decisions, including the ongoing vaccine rollout and... Read More

Border-related case confirmed as current case

The new border-related Covid-19 case reported earlier today is now confirmed as a current case after today's test result returned positive. "Other test results... Read More

PM: temporary travel suspension from India

UPDATE: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a temporary suspension of travel from India to New Zealand. In a live media update this afternoon, the PM... Read More

LIVE: Border worker tests positive for Covid

UPDATED 1.04PM: A border worker has tested positive for Covid-19. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfied says they were notified of the positve case overnight. "The... Read More

All DHBs now operating vaccine programmes

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says all New Zealand's district health boards are now operating vaccination programmes, and vaccine numbers are... Read More