Health

[ad_1] As New Zealand prepares to significantly ease coronavirus restrictions, some countries that have already at least partially released their societies are facing outbreaks in new Covid-19 cases. In a briefing on Tuesday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern acknowledged that she was concerned about the possibility that cases in New Zealand …

[ad_1] National leader Simon Bridges is sticking to his guns in an attack on chief health officer Ashley Bloomfield, after the couple clashed at a committee hearing last week. During the Epidemic Response Committee last week, Bridges criticized Bloomfield, saying his Ministry had not answered written questions. “You are simply …

[ad_1] Supplied Survey shows that tertiary staff have suffered stress and anxiety while teaching online during the Covid-19 pandemic A teacher survey revealed the stressful conditions that tertiary staff have faced at alert levels 3 and 4. Conducted by the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) and published by Dr. Charles Sedgwick, …

[ad_1] There has been increasing pressure on the Government to change restrictions on funerals and tangi at Alert Level 2. But the rules appear to have confused Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters, who may have opened up a possible loophole when he indicated that 100-after meetings could be allowed. Last …

[ad_1] A Waitemata DHB employee says in her mind that the Ministry’s reports on the data have been misleading. She says that what is said publicly is not really reality in terms of the number of COVID patients in hospitals across the country. Since Newshub pointed out that the figures …

[ad_1] The White House is increasingly looking like an imperfect microcosm of the challenges that all Americans face in keeping the coronavirus at bay as huge swaths of the nation move to reopen. Two aides who work in the White House complex are known to have tested positive in the …

[ad_1] There has been increasing pressure on the Government to change restrictions on funerals and tangi at Alert Level 2. But the rules appear to have confused Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters, who may have opened up a possible loophole when he indicated that 100-after meetings could be allowed. Last …

[ad_1] Phillip Rollo / Stuff A sign suggesting it is the home changing rooms of Manchester United is on display at Motueka AFC’s home ground, Goodman’s Reserve. New Zealand’s national game will not be permitted when the country moves into Alert Level 2 on Thursday. Sport NZ has updated its …

[ad_1] An acute mental health patient on unescorted leave from hospital drowned at an Auckland beach – a place his family said he visited in the hope he would meet singer Taylor Swift, according to a coroner’s report. The family of Stephen Richard Kapeli said the “gentle and inquisitive” young …

[ad_1] New Zealand’s foreign minister has said the country has to stand up for itself after China warned its call for Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Organization (WHO) could damage bilateral ties. Taiwan, with the strong support of the United States, has stepped up its lobbying to be allowed …