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Alert level 2 extended for Wellington – Expert Reaction
The Wellington region will remain at alert level 2 until 11.59 pm Tuesday, two days longer than anticipated. The government says there’s […]
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No new community cases detected in Wellington – Expert Reaction
No cases of Covid-19 have been detected in Wellington so far, but health authorities say the capital is still in […]
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Understanding the Delta variant – Expert Reaction
Health officials are assuming the Sydney man who visited Wellington over the weekend has the Delta variant of the COVID-19 […]
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Wellington region goes to Alert Level 2 – Expert Reaction
Wellington will enter Alert Level 2 starting at 6pm tonight, in response to a traveller from Sydney who visited the […]
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Covid-19 case comes to Wellington – Expert Reaction
Wellingtonians are waiting to hear whether Alert Levels will change, after an infected person from Sydney spent last weekend in […]
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Medsafe approves Pfizer vaccine for over-12s – Expert Reaction
New Zealand’s medicines regulator has given the provisional tick for kids as young as 12 to get the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine […]
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New national booking system for COVID-19 vaccine – Expert Reaction
The government plans to offer the vaccine to the rest of New Zealand’s adult population – Group 4 – starting […]
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AstraZeneca vaccine linked to bleeding disorder, Pfizer not – Expert Reaction
New Zealand-led research shows the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is associated with a small increased risk of a rare bleeding disorder. However, […]
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What are people asking their doctors about the COVID-19 vaccine? – Expert Briefing
The SMC led a briefing about what questions patients are bringing to their doctors about the jab. Dr Maia Brewerton, […]
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