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There have been no new community cases of Covid-19 reported today and the Director-General of Health says NZ can enjoy these freedoms safely "if we all do our part".

There have been no new community cases of Covid-19 reported today and the Director-General of Health says NZ can enjoy these freedoms safely "if we all do our part".

The Northland woman who has tested positive for the B1351 South African variant arrived in New Zealand from London on 30 December.

An employee at a managed isolation hotel in Auckland has lost their job after an "encounter" with an isolated returnee in their room that lasted 20 minutes.

Six new cases have been detected in MIQ, but there are no new community cases. A border worker has been sacked after a 20-minute encounter in a guests room at an Auckland MIQ hotel on January 7. The Northland community case has recovered. No changes will be made to alert levels as there is no evidence of community transmission. This means Kiwis long weekend plans can go ahead unaffected. Two people who completed their MIQ in the Pullman Hotel - the same facility as the Northland case - and at t...

The Wiggles have been granted spots in managed isolation as their nationwide tour kicks off in March. A Managed Isolation and Quarantine spokesperson told

As vaccine delays threaten to disrupt the Covid-19 response in Europe, attention is turning to whether New Zealand could manufacture one. Some vaccines, such as AstraZenecas, have the potential for rapid expansion, an expert says. (file pic) Photo: AFP Vaccine Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand clinical director Dr Frances Priddy said investigations into manufacturing here were underway. "So we are working with manufacturers to understand which types of Covid vaccines could be manufactured here, an...

There are no new cases in the community to report. The two people who tested positive in Auckland remain in the Auckland quarantine facility. These two people have ten close contacts, who have all been tested and returned negative test results. Yesterday we reported there were 11 close contacts – on further investigation one person has now been deemed not a contact. As we have reported, the person who tested positive in Northland is now recovered. The 11 close contacts of this person have ret...

NSW Health is hunting down people who were guests of an Auckland hotel where a highly transmissible coronavirus variant is believed to have circulated as Australia is expected to reinstate its travel bubble with New Zealand this weekend. After tracking down seven people who stayed at the Auckland Pullman between December 30 and January 13, NSW Health said it was contacting others who had arrived in Sydney after staying at the hotel on January 24. Additional cases have been linked to the hotel ...

DAVID WHITE/STUFF Returnees can relax in the centre of the pens or walk (not run) around their perimeter. (File photo) On Friday morning, guests from at least two different isolation hotels in downtown Auckland, the Rydges and the Grand Mercure, were at the exercise field simultaneously. Grand Millennium guests were there the day before. The groups exercised in separate pens but on the same field, under the watch of managed isolation staff. Returnees were all wearing masks and trying to soci...