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A public health expert says the highly transmissible Delta variant of Covid-19 could prompt a local lockdown with even one community case in New Zealand.

Covid-19: NZ delivered best health results in OECD, but where to now? (Photo / NZ Herald) Sun, 11 Jul 2021, 3:26PM New Zealand's hard-line elimination strategy against Covid-19 spared more deaths than any other developed country – and also brought economic results that were better than the OECD average. That's according to a new analysis that again suggests a zero-tolerance approach to Covid-19 delivers the best benefits for both public health and the economy. But now, the researchers say, New Zealand and its bubble buddy Australia need to decide what their long-term p...

Two more hospitals declare ‘code black’ alerts as cases rise and staff self-isolate Andy Gregory © Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images The Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (pictured) and Dr Gray’s Hospital in Elgin are both said to be at capacity - Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images Two more hospitals have declared “code black” alerts in response to mounting numbers of coronavirus patients and absent staff members who have been forced to self-isolate. Both Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Dr Gray's Hospital in Elgin have reached capacity and have had to to postpone non-emergenc...

Today, Stuff is launching a new podcast – The Long Read. Each week, the show features our best longform writing. If you don't have time to read a story like this one, or just prefer to listen, The Long Read is for you. Check it out by hitting the play button below, or find it on podcast apps like Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Deezer. KATHRYN GEORGE/STUFF Epidemiologist Simon Thornley's views on Covid-19 have put him offside with his colleagues. As New Zealand became the global poster child for managing Covid-19, one local expert – the only one – still believes New Zealand’s response has...

The threat to New Zealand has always been at the borders, on the red-zone planes, and within our managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) hotels - and on just day two of the trans-Tasman bubble, another breach.   "This is an individual who boards planes to clean them after they've come from places where there is COVID, carrying passengers with COVID," Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday afternoon. Bryan Betty, the medical director of the Royal New Zealand College of GPs, said it's possible the country will see more situations like it in the future. "So the vaccine is thought to be a...