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[ad_1] South Auckland is disappointed by the latest Covid-19 cases, but a local councilor says it is useless to point fingers and complain. On Saturday night, it was announced that a 21-year-old brother of a Papatoetoe High School student had tested positive for Covid-19. The 21-year-old’s mother also tested positive …

[ad_1] Another new community case of Covid-19 has been confirmed in Auckland. On Sunday night, the Health Ministry announced that a person related to the February 2021 cluster of infections had tested positive for the virus. The person is not a returnee but has been in the Jet Park quarantine …

[ad_1] The first weekend of the America’s Cup tops a list of major events across the country that are canceled or postponed in response to changes in the Covid-19 alert level. Auckland entered Level 3 at 6 am Sunday, while the rest of the country moved to Level 2, following …

[ad_1] ANALYSIS: A new case was enough to force Auckland back into lockdown less than a week after it returned to Level 1. Marc Daalder explains why New Zealand has dealt with nearly a dozen border failures and minor community outbreaks of Covid-19. Only a couple have led to an …

[ad_1] The House of Representatives passed a $ 1.9 trillion pandemic aid bill on Saturday in a victory for U.S. President Joe Biden, even as top Democrats tried to assure agitated progressives they would revive. his derailed drive to raise the minimum wage. The new president’s vision of throwing cash …

[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to the media during a press conference in Parliament on February 15, 2021 in Wellington, New Zealand. Auckland is on alert level. Hagen Hopkins / Getty Images LAST VIRUS* Full rules for alert levels 2 and 3* Why the government had to move the …

[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has pleaded with New Zealanders to “play by the rules” as Auckland will return to coronavirus alert level 3 for seven days. The quick switch to lockdown, effective as of 6 a.m. Sunday, comes after a 21-year-old man, the older brother of a Papatoetoe High …

[ad_1] Covid concerns have Australian cricketers considering refusing to play the fourth match of the T20 series in Auckland on Friday. Auckland has been on alert since a community outbreak of Covid-19 on Valentine’s Day. That has prompted Australia to impose border restrictions on arrivals from Auckland, restrictions that are …

[ad_1] Kiwifruit ingenuity has figured out how to extract six doses from a vial of Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine with a type of syringe from which other nations have only been able to extract five doses. In Japan, millions of doses of the Covid vaccine will reportedly be discarded because …

[ad_1] No new community cases of Covid-19 have been reported in New Zealand today, a day after a new case was revealed to have worked at an Auckland KFC outlet. Photo: 123rf.com In a statement, the Health Ministry said there was only one new case of managed isolation. The new …