Health

[ad_1] The government is asking people in west and south Auckland to get tested for Covid-19 this morning, even if they have no symptoms of the coronavirus. Medical staff test a supermarket employee at an emerging community Covid-19 testing station in a parking lot in Christchurch. Source: Associated Press A …

[ad_1] The government has posted an “important message” online that all southern and western Aucklanders should get tested for Covid-19 regardless of whether they have symptoms. On the government’s Unite Against Covid-19 Facebook page, a post was made around 5pm on Saturday, asking all South and West Auckland residents to …

[ad_1] Rising Covid-19 cases in Guam threaten to overwhelm the island’s health system, while the rapid spread of infections across Papua New Guinea and new clusters in French Polynesia following the resumption of tourism have sparked fears of uncontrolled outbreaks in the Pacific. The Pacific region remains the least infected …

[ad_1] The United States ambassador to New Zealand, who was accused of circumventing our country’s official quarantine facilities after returning from a trip to the United States, says he followed the rules and says claims that he circumvented isolation are “malicious “. Scott Brown and his wife Gail decided to …

[ad_1] Iain McGregor / Stuff Dylan Hartley suffered a series of injuries during his long international career. Retired England prostitute Dylan Hartley reveals in his autobiography how he often feels dizzy, confuses his words, and gets his wife to stick his ears together. New Zealand-born Hartley, who played 97 tests …

[ad_1] Auckland will come out of the level 3 lockdown at 11:59 pm tonight: Prime Minister Jacinda Arden will hold a press conference today to confirm the move, but experts call for reconsideration as new cases of the virus in the city show no signs of Slowing. It comes as …

[ad_1] OPINION: It’s difficult right now to write about public health without stating the obvious. The biggest health crisis in generations is everywhere, fighting for space in our news, even as we mourn those incredibly moving scenes from the terrorist’s sentencing in Christchurch. So it’s easy to forget that there …

[ad_1] Kate Callaghan was lying on a bed at Wanaka Medical Center when she turned to her husband Aaron and spoke her last words. “I’m not sure I can do it again,” she sighed as a tear rolled down the 36-year-old mother-of-two’s cheek, and she lost consciousness. Kate, a holistic …

[ad_1] This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and republished with permission. The head of New Zealand’s largest Pacific health service says that the Pasifika community is not only at the center of this latest Covid-19 outbreak, it is most likely the hardest hit financially. Pasifika Futures Tevita Funaki. There …

[ad_1] The Health Ministry has confirmed 13 new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, as Auckland appears to drop to alert level 2 tomorrow night. Eleven of those cases are in the community and two are newcomers in controlled isolation. The latest figures were announced by the Ministry of Health …