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New Zealand’s alert level 4 lockdown should be continued for another two weeks to strengthen chances of eliminating Covid-19, says an expert on modelling how the coronavirus spreads. Over the weekend Ministers have been studying modelling data from an Auckland University team headed by Professor Sha

The Ministry of Health has announced no new COVID-19 cases in the Southern district today. The region’s total is still 216, with 154 now recovered. Confirmed and probable cases are combined for this and future totals, to match Ministry case reporting. First COVID-19 related death confirmed in Southe

The daily COVID-19 media conference with officials will start at 1pm.   Live update 131 healthcare workers are confirmed or probable cases. 43 have recovered. Bloomfield says so far the results of community testing undertaken in Auckland over the weekend have all returned negative results. Ashley Bl

The Ministry of Health has announced one new COVID-19 cases in the Southern district today, taking the region’s total to 214. Confirmed and probable cases are combined for this and future totals, to match Ministry case reporting. no new cases in Clutha/Southland making it the 5th day in a row. 147 p

National not for profits Carers NZ and IHC are offering check-ins and practical help for family carers and people living alone who would like day to day support. wecare.kiwi will help people get through COVID-19 by providing direct help, and linking to other community initiatives in areas nationally

The All of Government COVID-19 National Response will provide an update at 1.00 pm today. NOTE: Once the Livestream starts we update what the speakers have to say below. Apr 17, 2020 1:03 PM RNZ Live  The man in his 90s was connected to the Matamata cluster while the woman was connected to the Rosew

Next Monday (20th April) the Government will meet to decide if we drop down to Level 3. Here are the latest guidelines for Level 3 from the New Zealand Government COVID-19 website. Our goal is to eliminate COVID-19 from New Zealand so that we can live and work free from this disease. This is the bes

Fourth day in a row of no new Covid-19 cases in Clutha/Southland today. There have been 15 new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand in the past 24 hours. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said the 15 new cases were made up of six confirmed and nine probable cases. Dr Bloomfield sa