Health

[ad_1] National promises a radical shakeup at the border, which would allow travelers from low-risk countries to bypass the full Covid-19 quarantine. The party also wants to add additional capacity to the managed isolation and quarantine network (MIQ), but this would be privatized, and private providers could offer isolation services. …

[ad_1] The introduction of 6 Homestar buildings in social housing has been welcomed as a step towards more sustainable and healthy housing. But new research from the University of Auckland questions the accuracy of the eco-certified rating tool and suggests that the performance claims could be in violation of the …

[ad_1] A single airline passenger who unknowingly fell ill with coronavirus managed to infect 15 other people aboard the 10-hour trip to Vietnam, highlighting the dangers of traveling amid the pandemic. The global health crisis had only just begun to spread across Europe when the plane took off from a …

[ad_1] It was a terror poll for the National Party that put then-leader Bill English in the rear during the first TVNZ leaders debate three years ago. A previously lagging Labor had been ahead of National by two points. A housing crisis and high immigration were the focus. The newly …

[ad_1] The National Party wants any provider to be able to apply to accommodate foreigners under the Covid-19 quarantine standards that its national border agency would establish, inspect and enforce. It could see the private sector play a bigger role in more open borders under nation-led government, and increased isolation …

[ad_1] The government “missed an opportunity” by abandoning the mandate to wear masks in public transport when it returned most of New Zealand to near normalcy, says a leading epidemiologist. University of Otago professor Michael Baker said the cabinet should have moved the country to “alert level 1.5” in case …

[ad_1] Work on a temporary fix for Auckland’s Harbor Bridge is likely to begin tonight with the aim of opening two additional lanes later this week. Auckland motorists are warned that significant delays are likely for several weeks until permanent repair of the bridge is established, when all lanes will …

[ad_1] SUPPLIED Nick was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2018, at just 49 years old. His wife Helen says they have been through a couple of “horrible” years. A woman whose husband was diagnosed with dementia at age 49 says there is a “great need” for more support for the …

[ad_1] New Zealand has signed a $ 27 million agreement to guarantee Covid-19 vaccines for half the population, if an international effort to create a vaccine is successful. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday, while announcing that the country would lower alert levels for Covid-19 next week, said that the …

[ad_1] A ruling has identified a series of failures in care by the Hutt Valley District Board of Health. “A series of failures” led to a woman being found in “excruciating pain” while unsupervised and deteriorating during a six-hour delay for facial surgery. A report released today by the Office …