Mike Sanford

The All of Government COVID-19 National Response will provide an update at 1.00 pm today. Live update: There are now 282 reported cases of people who’ve recovered from Covid-19. There are 12 people in hospital, including four in intensive care. The new total of cases is 1210 Two people are in critic

Yesterday, the Southern District Health Board released an update on Southland Hospital services and capacity and the impact of workers being stood down. Screening questions strengthened to support protections for staff Last week a patient attended Southland Hospital and subsequently tested positive

There are 32 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 22 new probable cases in New Zealand. There are no additional deaths to report. There are now 241 reported cases which we can confirm have recovered. The combined total of confirmed and probable cases in New Zealand is 1160 – this is 54 more than yest

The All of Government COVID-19 National Response will provide an update at 1.00 pm today. (See below) Yesterday the prime minister made it clear the alert level four Covid-19 lockdown will go for the full four weeks. Ardern said that’s the time needed to make sure the virus is under control, before

In a statement released by Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy, the Queen sent her thanks to those putting the service of others before themselves. “As people across New Zealand and the Commonwealth are experiencing unprecedented changes to their lives, concerns for family and friends, and financial u

Health Minister David Clark has revealed that he took a trip to the beach during the alert level 4 lockdown and has offered to resign. Clark said he drove his family 20km from his house in Dunedin to Doctor’s Point Beach for a walk during the first weekend of the lockdown in breach of the […]

The Southern DHB is stressing the importance of people advising of COVID-19 symptoms when they are being admitted to hospital, so precautions can be taken to safeguard hospital staff and other patients. This follows an incident at Southland Hospital last week where a patient, who has since tested po

Today the Ministry of Health released the latest confirmed Covid-19 case numbers for the Southern DHB area. There are now 51 confirmed cases in Clutha/Gore/Invercargill/Southland, up eight from yesterday New cases compared to yesterday are Invercargill up 8 (35), no change Clutha (5), Gore (2) or So