coronavirus

Expert Reactions | Published: 12 August 202012 February 2021

News reports suggest Russia has approved a COVID-19 vaccine after two months of tests in humans. Our colleagues at the […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 11 August 202012 August 2020

Four COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in one Auckland family from an unknown source. From noon on Wednesday, the city will […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 11 August 202017 August 2020

The Science Media Centre put questions on key science-related issues to the political parties ahead of the General Election scheduled […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 09 July 202009 July 2020

Recent escapes from managed isolation facilities have drawn attention to security and compliance among returning New Zealanders. But with many […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 23 June 202024 June 2020

The Government has announced new changes to how it tests for COVID-19 in people who work near New Zealand’s borders. […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 18 June 202002 July 2020

The SMC led an online media briefing about New Zealand’s efforts to control COVID-19 at the border. Associate Professor Patricia […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 12 June 202015 June 2020

With no active COVID-19 cases in New Zealand, the next frontier is our borders. While the concept of a ‘trans-Tasman bubble’ […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 09 June 202009 June 2020

Antarctica New Zealand is limiting its activities in the world’s only COVID-19-free continent, in an effort to keep it that […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 08 June 202009 June 2020

The Ministry of Health has today announced that there are no active cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand. The final coronavirus patient has […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 05 June 202006 June 2020

Authors of two studies on the use of hydroxychloroquine for treating COVID-19 have retracted the work, saying they “can no longer […]