State media in China have played down the severity of a surge of Covid-19 infections, while its scientists briefed the WHO, which has been seeking detailed information about the evolution of the virus.
Epidemiologist Michael Baker says New Zealand should follow Australia and other countries in implementing a requirement for negative Covid-19 predeparture tests for travellers from China.
Otago University epidemiologist Michael Baker says NZ should follow Australia and other countries in implementing a requirement for negative Covid-19 predeparture tests for travellers from China.
Australia said on Sunday that travellers from China will have to provide negative Covid-19 test results from Jan 5, joining a growing number of nations that have implemented similar...
Australia said on Sunday that travellers from China will have to provide negative Covid-19 test results from Jan 5, joining a growing number of nations that have implemented similar...
Testing travellers arriving in NZ from China wouldn't be particularly useful, Michael Baker says, because the main infection risk here is from other Kiwis.
The prime minister has clarified her claim that Kiwis won’t have Covid-19 hanging over them during Christmas following the worst week of infections in the third wave of the Omicron outbreak.
China is racing to vaccinate its most vulnerable people in anticipation of waves of Covid-19 infections, with some analysts expecting the death toll to soar after it eased strict controls that had...
Colleagues of a former civil servant at the centre of a conflict of interest investigation say their concerns about her side deals with an agency supplier were repeatedly ignored by managers.
The Chief Ombudsman has found the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment acted unreasonably over the Covid-19 managed isolation allocation system.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has expanded the use of Covid-19 vaccines that target both the original coronavirus and Omicron sub-variants to include children aged 6...