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As Iwi Chairs, we are deeply concerned with Covid-19 entering Te Taitokerau and as a collective we say the Government must take a highly precautionary approach and move Te Taitokerau immediately to Alert Level 3. We know the Delta variant is highly ... Read more...

There are 80 new community cases of COVID-19 to report today. As at 10am, 34 of these cases are linked - including 16 household contacts - and 46 remain unlinked, with investigations continuing to help determine their connection to the outbreak. ... Read more...

The Ministry of Health has this evening published initial locations of interest , following the confirmed case of COVID-19 in Blenheim reported earlier today. The case is now isolating locally in dedicated accommodation, with public health oversight. ... Read more...

Northland DHB is strongly encouraging people to get vaccinated and tested, following confirmation of four confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in Northland. All four cases are related to each other and the two newest cases are children under 12 years of ... Read more...

There are 104 new community cases of COVID-19 to report today. As at 10am, 43 of these cases are linked - including 33 household contacts - and 61 remain unlinked, with investigations continuing to help determine their connection to the outbreak. ... Read more...

The Ministry of Health is today confirming a case of COVID-19 isolating in Blenheim, in the north east of the South Island. It comes after the individual late last night returned a positive COVID-19 test result. The individual flew from Rotorua and arrived ... Read more...

Between 80,000 and 180,000 health and care workers may have died from COVID-19 between January of 2020 and May of this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. That grim estimate features in a new WHO working paper based on the ... Read more...

CLINUVEL PHARMACEUTICALS LTD today announced that the first xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) patient has received afamelanotide treatment in the CUV156 study, part of the Company’s DNA Repair Program. The adult XP patient – diagnosed with the XP-C ... Read more...

A research project sponsored by the Coalition of Deaf Mental Health Professionals has described systemic failures in education and in family and community support that have led to the very high rates of mental illness experienced by the Deaf community. ... Read more...

After caring for COVID-19 patients for more than 18 months, the Auckland region’s hospitals are reassuring the public that they are well placed to manage increased patient numbers as a result of community transmission. Across the region today, the ... Read more...