Coronavirus

Sixty one active cases of COVID in New Zealand

There are six new cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation to report in New Zealand. These cases have been discovered since the Ministry of Health last last media... Read More

Air New Zealand aircrew to overnight in Honolulu

As part of ongoing efforts to reduce the COVID-19 risk to aircrew, Air New Zealand will re-route its North America flights to allow aircrew to overnight in Honolulu... Read More

Health experts keeping an eye on new COVID strain

Public health experts are closely watching the arrival of a new highly contagious strain of COVID-19 in New Zealand's managed isolation and quarantine facilities. So... Read More

COVID-19: 19 new cases all in managed isolation

There are 19 cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation to report in New Zealand since the last Ministry of Health update statement on December 31 2020. There are... Read More

A new year and a new normal

With 2020 done and dusted, for a lot of people it is a year they want to forget but for others it has brought joy and self-realisation. Anita Read is a dog sitter... Read More

COVID-19 update: 11 new cases at the border

There are 11 new cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation and quarantine facilities being reported by the Ministry of Health. These cases have been detected in... Read More

COVID-19: Seven new cases, no new community cases

There are seven new cases of COVID-19 detected in recent returnees in managed isolation. There are no new cases in the community. The seven cases of COVID-19... Read More

Government warned against pre-departure COVID test

The government is being warned against introducing a pre-departure COVID-19 test for desperate New Zealanders attempting to get home from high-risk countries. Yesterday,... Read More

Quality assurance action on face masks

A quality assurance check showing some face masks used in the health sector don't fully meet specifications won't have any impact on national supply, says the... Read More

COVID-19 testing increased for some returnees

New variants of COVID-19 has led the government to introduce a third test for people travelling from high risk countries like the United Kingdom and United States. Currently... Read More

COVID-19: 16 new cases in past four days

A total of 16 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in NZ over the past four days, says the Ministry of Health. 'There has been an average... Read More

NZ national in Taiwan tests positive for COVID

Ministry of Health officials are continuing to closely monitor the situation in the United Kingdom, with the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant known as the B.1.1.7... Read More