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The Pacific Island community will bear the burden of risks of lifting Covid-19 restrictions, says a Counties Manukau District Health Board member.

By Rowan Quinn of RNZ  More than 800 Counties Manukau DHB staff are not at work because they're sick or a member of their household has Covid-19, as case n

More than 800 Counties Manukau DHB staff are not at work because they're sick or a member of their household has Covid-19, as case numbers in hospitals rise.

Counties Manukau Health is postponing an average of 13 elective surgery and outpatient appointments a day in a bid to manage the Omicron outbreak.

More than 800 Counties Manukau DHB staff are not at work because theyre sick or a member of their household has Covid19 as case numbers in hospitals rise

Modelling for when Omicron hits suggests a peak of 190 Covid-19 patients in hospital on any given day, based on a prediction of about 1800 community cases a day in the city.

Auckland's Counties Manukau District Health Board has hit the vaccination target of having its eligible population fully vaccinated.

Overweight women in South Auckland are having to wait longer than others for a diagnosis of gynaecological cancer. The DHB said about 18 percent of the women facing delayed diagnoses would be found to have cancer. Photo: RNZ / Patrice Allen The Counties Manukau District Health Board said women with a body mass index over 40 were facing delays to the procedures needed to diagnose the cancers. That was partly because the women were more likely to need an operating theatre for the work and that t...