COVID-19

Mandatory masking and Delta – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 18 August 202118 August 2021

Masks will be mandatory in essential stores from tomorrow, as the government announces the new rule to help curb the Covid-19 […]

The second nationwide Covid-19 lockdown – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 18 August 202118 August 2021

The country is going back into a level 4 lockdown at 11:59pm tonight, for just the second time since the […]

Govt resets Covid-19 approach, announcing steps to reopen NZ – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 12 August 202113 August 2021

A speedup of the Covid-19 vaccination rollout and a border opening pilot trial are coming this year, as part of […]

When can we safely open the borders? – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 11 August 202113 August 2021

The more infectious Delta variant of Covid-19 means a large chunk of New Zealand needs to be vaccinated before we […]

AstraZeneca vaccine provisionally approved for NZ – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 29 July 2021

New Zealand’s medicines regulator Medsafe has given the provisional green light to the AstraZeneca vaccine, making it the third Covid-19 […]

Trans-Tasman bubble suspended – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 23 July 2021

Starting tonight, Australians will no longer be able to enter New Zealand quarantine-free for at least the next eight weeks. […]

The hottest Olympics in history – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 16 July 202116 July 2021

When the Olympic Games open in Tokyo next Friday, New Zealand’s largest-ever team of 211 athletes is predicted to face record-breaking temperatures amid the […]

RSV’s toll on health services – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 14 July 202119 July 2021

A sharp spike in respiratory syncytial virus – a highly-contagious, flu-like illness – is especially affecting kids and babies, and stretching hospital emergency departments. What are the […]