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Despite more than 16,000 tests being processed yesterday, no new cases of Covid-19 have been found in the community, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says.
Predictions the long-awaited bluetooth CovidCard is likely dead in the water seem to have been well-founded after comments by Hipkins.
PM Jacinda Ardern Ardern urges New Zealanders to call out rule-breakers Monday, March 1, 2021 Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has urged people to call out family and colleagues who are not following the rules of the alert levels. She was speaking to media this afternoon after a Cabinet meeting, joined by Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield. Ardern says she understands people are frustrated about rule-breaches and changes in alert levels. She reiterates the various measures the government has in place and asks people to follow the rules. She reminds ...
Auckland will tomorrow morning move to alert level 3 for a week after two new Covid-19 community cases announced this evening could not be directly linked to earlier cases.
Tech problems, understaffing behind long Healthline wait times © RNZ / Dom Thomas A lack of staff and a series of technical problems plagued Healthline on Tuesday night, meaning about 60 people had to wait more than six hours on the phone, a review has found. Last night Aucklander Lisa-Marie told RNZ's She had for just six minutes visited Kmart in Botany on Saturday. On Tuesday, it was announced a Covid-19 infected person had worked a shift there at that time, so Lisa-Marie did the right thing and called the Healthline. Her call was not answered until about 5.40am the next day, and he...