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Wastewater testing is being carried out by ESR in South Auckland and Taranaki to see whether the Covid-19 virus has spread further in the community.

No new cases in community or MIQ - Bloomfield © RNZ / Dom Thomas There are no new cases either in the community or in managed isolation and quarantine, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says. Watch here: Speaking at the usual 1pm media briefing, Dr Bloomfield said some of the swabs taken yesterday had not yet returned results, but the lack of new cases was encouraging. Auckland is on its second day of level three lockdown, after three new community cases were reported in the city on Sunday. They are a mother, father and daughter who live in South Auckland. Bloomfield said this af...

Some Aucklanders support mandatory Covid app scanning Liu Chen © RNZ / Dom Thomas An epidemiologist is calling for Covid Tracer app scanning to be made compulsory in high-risk situations only. © Provided by Radio New Zealand A person using the Covid Tracer app The Covid Tracer app now has 2.62 million registered users, and 1.14 million have enabled Bluetooth. Photo: RNZ / Dom Thomas The government wants to keep the scanning numbers up and says making it compulsory might be an option. Aucklanders say they have been using the app religiously and support making scanning ...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has lashed out at Australia for dumping responsibility for a woman and two young children detained at the Turkish border on New Zealand

An Auckland school has been closed for two days and a testing centre will be set up on the site after three new community cases in a single South Auckland household were reported today.