Health

[ad_1] Ricky Wilson / Stuff Chapel Downs Primary School in Flat Bush, Auckland, closed for a week after a child with coronavirus was briefly in school on Monday. Public health officials are now asking everyone associated with an Auckland primary school to get tested after a girl carrying the coronavirus …

[ad_1] An American mother who tried to smuggle cocaine into New Zealand was apparently shown a “disturbing” video showing the murder of a family member to force her to commit the crime. Jamie Hudson Mendez, 44, of Phoenix, Arizona, pleaded guilty in Christchurch District Court in July of importing about …

[ad_1] NZ First leader Winston Peter has announced the party’s anti-smoking policy, but not before he has been criticized for his own smoking. One of the pillars of the announcement is that it will lower the price of a pack of cigarettes. “We need to stop punishing smokers with high …

[ad_1] Health authorities have confirmed that the child who tested positive for Covid-19 this week is connected to the Botany subgroup in Auckland. The girl, less than 10 years old, is a student at Chapel Downs Elementary School in Flat Bush. The school has been closed until at least Monday, …

[ad_1] In open contradiction to leading government health experts, US President Donald Trump predicted on Wednesday (local time) that a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine could be ready next month and in mass distribution shortly thereafter. , undermining the director of the Centers for Disease. Control and Prevention (CDC) and …

[ad_1] Kevin Stent / Stuff Jenny Marcroft swearing in at the beginning of Parliament after entering the list in 2017. New Zealand’s first MP Jenny Marcroft has been ruthlessly downgraded on the party’s roster to the probably unwinnable position of 17. Marcroft, who entered Parliament on the list in the …

[ad_1] Currently, there are seven new cases of Covid-19, all in managed isolation. Today’s update was issued via press release at 1pm, there is no live press conference. There are no new community cases. Four people are in the hospital, but none are in the ICU. The Health Ministry says …

[ad_1] The bus driver who was killed in a collision with a train cared deeply for the students she drove to school every day. She had been part of the Uzabus team for four years and was familiar with both the route and the children on board, said company director …

[ad_1] Fiona Goodall / Getty Images A man escaped from Sudima Rotorua, shown here earlier, which is used as a managed isolation facility. A man fled a Rotorua isolation facility for half an hour before being discovered by authorities. At around 11 p.m. Wednesday, the man was found missing from …

[ad_1] Security has been tightened at a managed isolation hotel in Rotorua after a man escaped through a fenced-in area. The man was missing for half an hour at the Sudima Rotorua hotel last night. He was reported missing at 11pm yesterday, prompting a search by New Zealand Defense Force …