coronavirus

Qantas has been penalised for standing down a worker for raising concerns about Covid-19 risks in cleaning planes arriving from China in January 2020.

At least 12,000 people have had personal information released in last year's leak of Covid-19 data, NZ health agency Te Whatu Ora says.

Passengers caught up in the Ruby Princess Covid outbreak could be on the hook for a hefty legal bill after rejecting an early $16 million settlement offer.

Covid-19 infections have spiked in Australia's two most populous states, with a new variant and Christmas festivities driving higher hospitalisations.

A worker at a Southland Fonterra plant was sacked for breaching the company’s Covid-19 mask policy - despite having an official exemption because of her asthma.

A doctor issued medical certificates to some patients, stating the Covid vaccine would not be suitable for them, despite having no sufficient evidence to back up the claim.

Covid-19 activist Billy Te Kahika is fighting to stay out of prison over a protest that flouted public health measures and rallied against efforts to keep the virus out of New Zealand.