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New Zealand scrapped the last of its Covid restrictions Tuesday, bringing the final curtain down on one of the world’s strictest pandemic policies as the government said the country suffered a ...
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the pandemic is focusing on eveyday people's views on lockdowns and vaccines.
Experts have told a Royal Commission the public reporting breaches was ineffective, as disabled community members describe being abused over masks.
The World Socialist Web Site recently spoke with Gary Payinda, an emergency doctor in Whangarei in Northland, one of the poorest areas of New Zealand, about the out-of-control spread of COVID-19 ...
New Zealand has also been slower than other developed nations to inoculate its population, leaving it vulnerable to outbreaks. Only 32% of people have had at least one shot and 18% are fully ...
Two of New Zealand’s most prominent COVID-19 experts are taking legal action against their employer, the University of Auckland, ... A hearing date has not yet been announced.
The basics New Zealand was a poster child early on for how to deal with Covid-19. Its early lockdown and strict border measures meant it suppressed the virus to an astonishing degree. Its zero ...
New concerns raised over South African variant of COVID-19 08:21. Wellington, New Zealand — New Zealand's first case of coronavirus in the community for more than two months has been identified ...
New Zealand was ordered into a strict nationwide lockdown Tuesday — after just one COVID-19 case was detected. It was the first locally transmitted infection in the community in six months.
After New Zealand's Chief Justice closed the doors of the country's highest court more details have emerged about what hearings will continue during the ...
Big Number. 40%. That’s the percentage of eligible people in New Zealand who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, a total of 1.69 million people, according to official government data ...
"There is no widespread undetected community transmission in New Zealand. We have won that battle," Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday as the country eased COVID-19 restrictions.