The director general of health is set to address issues of the vaccine rollout and calls to tighten New Zealand borders as Covid rages across the globe. Dr Ashley Bloomfield […]
COVID vaccine priority – young before old?
The UK is immunising the elderly and most vulnerable groups first in the fight against coronavirus – with healthcare workers and carers also a priority. In Indonesia, they are doing […]
Covid 19 coronavirus: One 18-hour flight to NZ, four coronavirus infections
An outbreak aboard a September flight from Dubai to New Zealand offers researchers, and airlines, an opportunity to study in-transit contagion. The millions of airline passengers around the world who […]
Covid 19 coronavirus update: 31 new cases in managed isolation
There are 31 new cases of Covid-19 in managed isolation since the last update on Thursday. There are no new cases in the community. “The number of cases reinforces the […]
Covid 19 coronavirus: UK cases rise in a ‘vertical line’ with record figures
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is poised to announce even tougher coronavirus restrictions within hours and the UK Parliament is being urgently recalled, as the country struggles to curb the […]
Covid 19 coronavirus: Reverend returning from Samoa dies in managed isolation
The family of Reverend Samata Iusitini Leiloa are in mourning after his sudden death while in managed isolation at the Millennium Hotel in Auckland Central. His was the first death […]
Covid 19 coronavirus: Mystery US donors sending 150,000 doses of vaccine to Iran
An unidentified group of US-based philanthropists plans to send 150,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Iran in the coming weeks, Iranian media reported Monday. Details remained scarce in the […]
Costa Rica poised to begin Covid-19 vaccinations
SAN JOSE (AFP) – Costa Rica was expected to receive its first batch of Covid-19 vaccines late on Wednesday (Dec 23) and planned to start vaccinations the following day, joining […]
Covid 19 coronavirus: Virus on every continent as first cases reported in Antarctica
An Antarctic research station has reported cases of Covid-19, meaning the virus has now reached every continent on the planet. On Monday, the Chilean research base confirmed 36 new infections […]
Congress approves $900B COVID relief bill, sending to Trump
WASHINGTON — Congress passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Monday night that would finally deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a […]