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Focus Live: Dr Bloomfield stepping down as Director-General of Health
Dr Ashley Bloomfield is stepping down as Director-General of Health. Video / NZ Herald
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Dad's visits with kids suspended over vaccine argument
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Parliament protests: Why health officials wouldn't test portaloos for Covid
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Early estimates indicate the strain is 10 per cent more transmissible than BA.2 Omicron.
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Medical treatment injury claims lodged with ACC tally 139,000 over 10 years.
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More than 350 people have now died with Covid-19 in New Zealand.
Māori dying from Covid because of misinformation says health leader
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Court rules in favour of doctors suspended over anti-vax claims
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