Tag: Public health

By Joyce McClure of Pacific Island Times Yap State Governor Jesse Salalu has declared a state of emergency over a mass resignation of 40 doctors...

RNZ Pacific A roundup today of the covid-19 pandemic status around the Pacific. Nauru President Lionel Aingimea has announced that Nauru has recorded its first two covid-19...

By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News senior journalist A Māori health leader says a new international misinformation study confirms the alarm many were desperately trying to...

RNZ News One third of all current cases in Aotearoa New Zealand are in children and teenagers, Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield revealed at...

COMMENTARY: By Nick Rockel, a reflection as Aotearoa New Zealand yesterday experienced its worst day since the covid-19 pandemic began. It came up in...

In spite of a record 34 covid-related deaths being reported in New Zealand today, Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay says it is...

RNZ Pacific A snapshot of how the covid-19 pandemic is impacting on Pacific nations and territories today: Second Covid-19 death in American Samoa American Samoa has recorded...

By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News senior journalist A covid-19 modeller says hundreds more people could die in Aotearoa New Zealand's first wave of the omicron...

RNZ News A covid-19 modeller is hopeful omicron hospitalisations have peaked and says at this stage New Zealand's death rate is at a comparable level...

By Moana Ellis of Local Democracy Reporting A Whanganui iwi leader says the Aotearoa New Zealand government's decision to ease covid-19 measures at this time is...

RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has revealed cabinet's decisions about when and how covid-19 restrictions will be eased. She said the traffic light...

RNZ Pacific The Samoa government has extended its alert level three lockdown for another two weeks, due to the rapid spread of the covid-19 in...

RNZ News New Zealand's Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, says covid-19 case numbers have passed their peak in Auckland, the country's largest city, but...

By Alexander Rheeney in Apia Samoa’s total number of active covid-19 cases has increased to 196 with the government confirming 192 cases in Upolu and...

RNZ News The clamour in New Zealand to ditch vaccine passes and change the traffic light setting is poorly timed, an epidemiologist says. The number of...

RNZ News An Auckland nurse says a lucrative incentive payment has not fixed the city's dire hospital staffing shortage in Aotearoa New Zealand's current covid-19...

RNZ News New Zealand's Ministry of Health has reported 19,542 new cases of covid-19 in the community and 24 more deaths today. The ministry said eight...

ANALYSIS: By Suze Wilson, Massey University With recent polling showing National edging ahead of Labour for the first time in two years, Jacinda Ardern’s previously...

RNZ News New Zealand's Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says it is clear that the number of cases in Auckland is on the way...

By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent The covid-19 vaccine booster needs a rebrand in New Zealand because it sounds like it is an "optional...

RNZ News It is too early to say New Zealand has peaked, and declining tallies are no reason to celebrate as covid-19 is still rife...

RNZ News The number of people with covid-19 who have died in New Zealand has now reached 105, with 14 deaths reported in the past...