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Thursday, 15 July 2021, 1:07 pm There are no cases of COVID-19 to report in the community in New Zealand today. There are five new cases of COVID-19 to report related to recent returnees in managed isolation facilities, since the Ministry’s last update yesterday. In addition, 16 cases were reported on the Playa Zahara fishing vessel by the Ministry this morning. These crew members are not being counted in today’s cases tally. One previously reported case has now recovered, while another pr...

Exhausted and distraught, Mahoney was forced to cancel her flights. She was admitted to a nearby hospital overnight Tuesday. Friends and family were extremely concerned about Mahoney being on her own in such a vulnerable situation. Charlotte Korte, from advocacy group Mesh Downunder, said she was appalled by how Mahoney had been treated. Auckland-based urologist Dr Eva Fong also spoke out for her former patient. “I supported her to travel to seek a procedure with Dr Dionysios Veronikis...

Tuesday, 13 July 2021, 12:56 pm There are no cases of COVID-19 to report in the community in New Zealand today. There are 18 cases of COVID-19 to report at the border since the Ministry’s last update yesterday – five in recent returnees and 13 from the Viking Bay vessel, announced earlier today. Eight previously reported cases have now recovered and the number of active cases in New Zealand is 43. Three previously reported cases, from 25 and 26 June, have now been deemed as historical. Sinc...

Getty Images A person gets a Covid-19 test. Those checks have found more than 50 people arriving in the country without a valid test since last Tuesday. These people are given a choice between either flying home to Australia or going into managed isolation – except for Queenstown where there is no managed isolation hotel. More than 10 people who have travelled to Queenstown for skiing holidays in recent days without a valid test have opted to fly back to Australia. Five people have been t...

Source: New Zealand Government The Government is further strengthening the border against COVID-19 by making it mandatory for more of the workforce to be vaccinated, COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins announced today. “To prevent the virus getting into our communities, we must continue to strengthen our border by protecting the people who work there,” Chris Hipkins said. The new COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Amendment Order 2021 comes into effect at 11:59pm on 14 July...

ROSA WOODS On Sunday afternoon, workers could be seen putting up a fence at Queen’s Wharf ahead of the arrival tomorrow of the Viking Bay. The ship’s return to New Zealand had been assessed as having a “very low health risk to the public”. All 20 crew members would undergo a comprehensive health check, including testing, on arrival. “Most of them will then be transported securely to a Managed Isolation and Quarantine facility to complete at least 14 days in managed isolation,” th...

Customs group manager maritime Stephen Waugh says the process will carry very low public health risk. "The crew will be transported at a time that will minimise the risk of coming into contact with members of the public," he says. "Customs will maintain presence at the port throughout the operation, with the support of additional security personnel, and the Police Maritime Unit maintaining watch over the water." Perimeter fencing will cordon off the area where the Viking Bay will dock to remove...

“There’s no alert system built in, so some people have built bots.” SUPPLIED A private Facebook group for people trying to get MIQ spots has 2900 members. Isaacs​ said his family was not in the same position as people with family emergencies who needed to return. “For us, it’s just a holiday, but it still would be nice to be able to come home.” Someone claimed success using a freelancer from Bangladesh on the website Fiverr​ who was offering to manually trawl through the MI...

Press Release – Ministry of Health There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in the community in New Zealand today. There is 1 new case to report in a recent returnee in a managed isolation facility since the Ministrys last update yesterday. The seven-day rolling average of new … There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in the community in New Zealand today. There is 1 new case to report in a recent returnee in a managed isolation facility since the Ministry’s last update yesterda...

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