A desperate passenger from the ill-fated Ruby Princess cruise is set to find out whether she'll go home with compensation, or just Covid-19, after a preliminary win in Australia's highest court.
he World Health Organization is still working to identify the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, its director general says.
The FBI has assessed that a leak from a laboratory in the central Chinese city of Wuhan likely caused the Covid pandemic, a claim China said had "no credibility whatsoever".
The number of new Covid cases has risen from a week ago, and 40 more people have died with the disease, one of them a child.
The premier of NSW says there is no evidence vaccines currently have any impact on Covid-19 transmission, and has called for the end of broad vaccine mandates.
There have been 8220 new cases of Covid-19 reported over the past week, including 776 in the South, and 24 further deaths across the country.
A reduction in funded follow-up care has been defended as bringing Covid into closer alignment with other respiratory conditions.
A sudden change in funding regulations leaving many to foot the bill for their Covid-related appointments has caused "utter chaos", an Otago GP says.
The new Covid-19 vaccine for under-5s at risk of severe disease should be considered for all children in the age group, given their high infection rate, an epidemiologist says.
Education Ministry figures show serious truancy spiked last year.
The Australian government has announced everyone who has not had a Covid-19 booster or a case of the virus in the past six months can get another vaccine shot.
There have been 8882 community cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand over the past week, and 26 further deaths.
More than a third of University of Otago students infected with Covid-19 during orientation week last year failed to report it to authorities.
The Ministry of Health is reporting another drop in the number of Covid-19 cases nationally this week. In the Southern region, there are 1177 new cases of the virus and one death to report.
A golf coach who was “humiliated” after being dismissed for not getting the Covid vaccine will receive more than $15,000 after successfully arguing his dismissal was unjustified.
The new Covid-19 subvariant has the potential to create a new wave of Covid-19 cases, epidemiologist Michael Baker says.
The new Omicron subvariant dubbed “Kraken” has been detected in New Zealand for the first time, according to the Ministry of Health.
A total of 21,685 new Covid cases have been reported in the past week, and 53 more people have died with the disease.
Travellers began streaming across land and sea crossings as China opened borders that have been all but shut since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Travellers began streaming across land and sea crossings as China opened borders that have been all but shut since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.