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by Professor Michael Baker, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington The decision to extend Alert Level 2 restrictions in Wellington for another two days until midnight on Tuesday is fully justified. More than two thousand people were considered exposed to a potentially infectious traveller from Sydney who visited multiple crowded indoor venues last weekend in Wellington up until they left on Monday 21 June. The traveller was infected with the more infectious Delta variant ...

There are no new Covid-19 cases to report in the community today, the Ministry of Health has confirmed. So far 2213 people have been identified as contacts

Locations of interest Qantas Flight QF163 Sydney to Wellington, Rydges Hotel, Unichem Wellington Central Pharmacy, Te Papa Tongarewa - general, Te Papa Tongarewa - Exhibition Surrealist Art: Masterpieces from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Jack Hacketts Bar, Floriditas Restaurant, Highwater Eatery, Pickle & Pie café, The Weta Cave shop, The Lido café, Unity Books, Countdown Cable Lane, One Red Dog, the toilets at 4 Kings Bar, Prince Barbers and Wellington Airport. More information about times...

by Dr Sarb Johal, registered clinical psychologist We now know that there has been another day of zero covid cases detected in Wellington, and nothing detected in wastewater testing either. We are not through this yet, but I’ve been thinking: what might happen when vaccines become more widely available at the end of next month? It’s clear that NZ is vulnerable right now. With variants circulating around the world and entry points into NZ, people may be taking a more careful look at the ris...

  No cases of Covid-19 have been detected in Wellington so far, but health authorities say the capital is still in the early days of understanding the impact of an infected Sydney man’s visit last weekend. Wastewater testing in the region ...

The country has only a few weeks' supply of the Covid-19 vaccine remaining, and future shipments will need to be much larger.

Keeping NZ-Victoria travel bubble suspended right thing to do: expert (Photo / File) Thu, 27 May 2021, 10:47AM Closing New Zealands travel bubble with Victoria was the "right thing to do", an expert says, who adds that it should remain shut for as long as needed. Victorian authorities have been in talks about imposing lockdown measures with an announcement due late this morning after confirmation yesterday Melbourne now had 15 cases of Covid-19 and more than 70 exposure si...

University of Canterbury (UC) maths Professor Michael Plank , who has co-led essential Covid-19 modelling work in New Zealand, has won an Australasian award for outstanding research, expertise and distinguished service in the field of Applied Mathematics. ...

Press Release – University of Canterbury University of Canterbury (UC) maths Professor Michael Plank , who has co-led essential Covid-19 modelling work in New Zealand, has won an Australasian award for outstanding research, expertise and distinguished service in the field of Applied Mathematics. … University of Canterbury (UC) maths Professor Michael Plank, who has co-led essential Covid-19 modelling work in New Zealand, has won an Australasian award for outstanding research, expertise and...

This mornings restart of the travel-bubble with New South Wales has the thumbs up from an expert in disease spread modelling, who says the pause was wise, and its now time to go ahead. But an Australian epidemiologist said the travel pause was too soon, and New Zealand should be slower on the draw next time round. Photo: 123rf.com The three-day travel pause in quarantine-free travel between New South Wales and New Zealand resumed as the clock ticked over from midnight this morning, despite rest...