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Joy Thomas, or Nana Joy as she’s known to her grandchildren and great grandkids, was born during the 1918 influenza pandemic in Palmerston North. For the first three months of her life she was cared for not by her mother, but by the wife of the headmaster at her local primary school. Her mother was

If current Southern District Health Board numbers are anything to go by, Southland could be one of the last regions to make it out of lockdown. Director-general of Health, Dr. Ashley Bloomfield, said the spread of the coronavirus could indicate when the easing of lockdown restrictions could begin. H

Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health and Sarah Stuart-Black, Director of Civil Defence Emergency Management– Health Update: There have been an average of 2000 tests done a day and 291,486 in total. 3446 tests were done yesterday. There are 13 people in hospital in NZ and one in ICU. The

A malaria drug touted by US President Donald Trump as a “game changer” in the fight against Covid-19 has been in high demand in New Zealand, leading Pharmac to put restrictions on its use. But the government drug-buying agency says hydroxychloroquine will still be available for DHBs which are now in

Today the Ministry of Health released latest confirmed Covid-19 case numbers for the Southern DHB area. There are now 29 confirmed cases in Clutha/Southland, up two from yesterday 27-COVID-19 Cases Confirmed In-Cluthasouthland Includes-ICC Staff District Health Boards report all new cases to the Min

Air New Zealand is slashing its domestic operations in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. The national carrier this morning announced only a handful of return services a day will be operating from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Nelson and Dunedin. All other domestic services will be cut when th

The All of Government COVID-19 National Response will provide an update at 1.00 pm today. Dr Ashley Bloomfield says, Total number of cases in NZ 797, 89 new cases since yesterday. 92 cases have now recovered. 76 new confirmed cases, 13 new cases, no new deaths 13 people are in hospital, two are in I

Live meetings of the Epidemic Response Committee of the New Zealand Parliament. The Epidemic Response Committee was established on 25 March 2020 to consider and report to the House on matters relating to the Government’s management of the COVID-19 epidemic. Learn more about this committee and browse