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Rio De La Plata Update
Wednesday, 11 August 2021, 11:06 am | Ministry of Health
All Port of Tauranga workers who were identified as having contact with the Rio De Le Plata crew have returned initial negative results. Additional test results required for some port workers have also come back negative, although six results ... More >>
Port Worker's Inconclusive COVID-19 Test Result Confirmed Negative
Tuesday, 10 August 2021, 7:17 pm | Ministry of Health
The inconclusive COVID-19 test result of a Port of Tauranga worker, reported earlier today , has now returned a negative result, the Ministry of Health can confirm. It comes after one port worker was retested today as their initial result was inconclusive ... More >>
More Than 38,000 Daily Vaccine Doses; No Community Cases; Three Cases In Managed Isolation, Rio De La Plata Update
Tuesday, 10 August 2021, 1:24 pm | Ministry of Health
COVID-19 vaccine update More than 2.24 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to date (to 11.59pm on 9 August). Of these, 1.41 million are first doses and 830,000 are second doses. More than 124,000 Māori have received ... More >>
20,000+ Daily Vaccine Doses; No Community Cases; Two Historical Cases In Managed Isolation; Rio De La Plata Update
Monday, 9 August 2021, 1:06 pm | Ministry of Health
More than 2.2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to date (to 11.59pm on 8 August). Of these, 1.38 million are first doses and 820,000 are second doses. More than 122,000 Māori have received their first vaccination. Of ... More >>
Container Ship At Sea Off Tauranga Tests Positive For COVID-19
Monday, 9 August 2021, 9:00 am | Ministry of Health
Testing of the crew of a container ship, the Rio De La Plata currently at sea off the coast of Tauranga, has confirmed 11 of the 21 crew on board are positive for COVID-19. It’s likely that at least some of the eleven crew are active cases of ... More >>
No Community Cases; 5 New Case Of COVID-19, 1 Historical Case, In Managed Isolation In 2 Days, 36K Daily Vaccine Doses
Sunday, 8 August 2021, 1:05 pm | Ministry of Health
There are no cases of COVID-19 to report in the community today. There are five new cases of COVID-19 to report in recent returnees, and one historical case, in managed isolation facilities since the Ministry’s last update on Friday. ... More >>
No Community Cases; 1 New Case Of COVID-19, 1 Historical Case, In Managed Isolation; 41,000 Daily Vaccine Doses
Friday, 6 August 2021, 1:07 pm | Ministry of Health
There are no cases of COVID-19 to report in the community today. There is one new case of COVID-19 to report in a recent returnee in managed isolation facilities since yesterday’s update. There is one additional historical case to report in MIQ today. ... More >>
Ministry Of Health In Talks For Next Planning And Design Stage In The New Dunedin Hospital Build
Friday, 6 August 2021, 12:01 pm | Ministry of Health
Key steps on the pathway to finalising the design and build of Dunedin’s new hospital are now underway. Discussions on the contract for the Inpatient Building have begun between the Ministry of Health and CPB Contractors Pty Ltd (CPB), which is the preferred ... More >>
Vaccine Bookings Open Ahead Of Schedule For New Zealanders Aged 55-plus
Thursday, 5 August 2021, 4:38 pm | Ministry of Health
From Friday, New Zealanders aged 55-59 will be able to book their COVID-19 vaccine, five days earlier than planned. There are about 300,000 people in this group. People in the 55-plus age band who haven’t already been vaccinated will receive an invitation ... More >>
No Community Cases; One New Case Of COVID-19 In Managed Isolation; 45,000 Daily Vaccine Doses
Thursday, 5 August 2021, 1:05 pm | Ministry of Health
There are no cases of COVID-19 to report in the community today. There is one new case of COVID-19 to report in recent returnees in managed isolation facilities since yesterday’s update. The number of active cases in New Zealand is 30. Since 1 January ... More >>
No Community Cases; Two New Cases And Two Historical Cases Of COVID-19 In Managed Isolation
Wednesday, 4 August 2021, 12:53 pm | Ministry of Health
There are no cases of COVID-19 to report in the community today. There are two new cases of COVID-19 to report in recent returnees in managed isolation facilities since yesterday’s update. In addition, there are two historical cases identified at the ... More >>
No Community Cases; No New Cases, One Historical Case, Of COVID-19 In Managed Isolation
Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 1:11 pm | Ministry of Health
There are no cases of COVID-19 to report in the community today. There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in recent returnees, in managed isolation facilities since yesterday’s update. There is one additional historical case to report in ... More >>
Statutory Body Established For New Zealand’s Assisted Dying Service
Monday, 2 August 2021, 4:00 pm | Ministry of Health
Implementation of the End of Life Choice Act 2019 (the Act) is well under way, in preparation for when assisted dying becomes legally available in New Zealand from 7 November this year. The statutory body for the assisted dying service, the Support ... More >>
Statutory Body Established For New Zealand’s Assisted Dying Service
Monday, 2 August 2021, 3:59 pm | Ministry of Health
Implementation of the End of Life Choice Act 2019 (the Act) is well under way, in preparation for when assisted dying becomes legally available in New Zealand from 7 November this year. The statutory body for the assisted dying service, the Support ... More >>
Statutory Body Established For New Zealand’s Assisted Dying Service
Monday, 2 August 2021, 3:58 pm | Ministry of Health
Implementation of the End of Life Choice Act 2019 (the Act) is well under way, in preparation for when assisted dying becomes legally available in New Zealand from 7 November this year. The statutory body for the assisted dying service, the Support ... More >>
No Community Cases; 4 New Cases Of COVID-19 In Managed Isolation
Monday, 2 August 2021, 1:08 pm | Ministry of Health
There are no cases of COVID-19 to report in the community today. There are four new cases of COVID-19 to report in recent returnees, in managed isolation facilities since yesterday’s update. Three previously reported cases have now recovered. The ... More >>
No Community Cases; 4 New Cases Of COVID-19, And One Historical Case In Managed Isolation In Two Days
Sunday, 1 August 2021, 12:56 pm | Ministry of Health
1 August 2021 There are no cases of COVID-19 to report in the community today. There are four new cases of COVID-19 to report in recent returnees, and also one historical case, in managed isolation facilities since the Ministry’s last update on Friday. ... More >>
Remaining Travellers From Queensland Reminded To Remain Vigilant And Check Locations Of Interest
Saturday, 31 July 2021, 6:30 pm | Ministry of Health
Public health officials in New Zealand have this afternoon been in contact with their Queensland counterparts after authorities announced a snap lockdown there. An eight week suspension on Quarantine Free Travel from Australia took effect last ... More >>
Quarantine As A Precaution
Saturday, 31 July 2021, 5:18 am | Ministry of Health
30 July 2021 A Middlemore hospital-based health professional has been placed in quarantine as a precaution following a PPE protocol incident during the management of a COVID-19 patient. The health professional promptly reported the incident and ... More >>
No Community Cases; 2 New Cases Of COVID-19, One Historical Case, In Managed Isolation
Friday, 30 July 2021, 12:55 pm | Ministry of Health
There are no cases of COVID-19 to report in the community today. There are two new cases of COVID-19 to report in recent returnees, and also one historical case, in managed isolation facilities. Since 1 January 2021, there have been 108 historical ... More >>
