Health

[ad_1] The launch of the Covid-19 vaccine in the country is officially underway, and many of the 100 vaccinators today receive their first of two injections from Pfizer. The 25 crew members, mostly nurses, received their vaccination at Auckland’s Jet Park hotel, so they can vaccinate front-line border personnel starting …

[ad_1] Brian Shaw says he only has one thing on his bucket list: settle his earthquake-damaged Christchurch apartment claim before he dies. Shaw, who has terminal cancer, is one of the owners of a New Brighton apartment block that was damaged, without payment of insurance or repairs, more than a …

[ad_1] By RNZ Nine days before a year from the country’s first confirmed case, the first Covid-19 vaccine will be administered in New Zealand today. The first people vaccinated will not be the border workers or their families, but the vaccinators, the people with the important task of administering the …

[ad_1] No new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the community today, following Auckland’s move to alert level 2, and the rest of the country returned to level 1. The good news will bring relief to many, but especially those in a southern Auckland suburb. On Sunday it was …

[ad_1] job A Salvation Army report reveals that the much vaunted economic recovery is painfully uneven, with youth, Maori and Pasifika abandoned. This is the story of a single family in distress. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hails New Zealand’s relatively strong job market as the “envy of many countries.” The …

[ad_1] LAST VIRUS* Revealed: New locations of interest as community cases grow to six* Covid-19: switch to level 2 ‘not cautious enough’ – expert* LSG Sky Chefs and their community cafeteria: a possible contamination zone?* Covid-19: What if we never solve the mystery of the infection?* The cafe owner refuses …

[ad_1] Britain’s Prince Philip, 99, was admitted to a London hospital after feeling unwell, Buckingham Palace says. The palace said Queen Elizabeth II’s husband was admitted to King Edward VII Private Hospital on Tuesday night (local time). He called the admission “a precautionary measure” taken on the advice of Philip’s …

[ad_1] Auckland residents are waking up to greater freedom today, but the source of the latest outbreak, which now involves six confirmed community cases, remains unknown. And Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern warns that although the outbreak is contained, there is “every chance” that more community cases will be found. But …

[ad_1] An Auckland school is responding to criticism for saying it would prefer that students not wear face masks. The university principal said students are free to wear them if it makes them feel safe, but that being in front of a room full of masked students would be difficult …

[ad_1] Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says contact tracing shows that the two new community cases come from the daughter of the Case A family. Hipkins told RNZ Control that after the large amount of testing and contact tracing over the past three days, they were satisfied that the risk …