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Five changes NZ can make to fight Delta outbreak
NZ should consider pausing international flights while it tackles outbreak, experts say.
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Dunedin's first drive-thru vaccination centre
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Free childcare for essential workers from tomorrow - Hipkins
Scheme is for essential workers who have no other childcare provisions available to them.
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Fiji's death toll is at 433; of those, 431 were in this latest outbreak.
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Mandatory mask wearing is here to stay, a top epidemiologist says.
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The student's attendance at lecture hall was described as a "big deal".
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Those in the queue who miss out will be given priority cards for tomorrow morning.
Focus Live: 21 new Covid-19 community cases, 51 in total
August 21 2021 There are 21 new cases of Covid-19 in the community - bringing the total number of people infected in the latest outbreak to 51.
Locations of interest: Central North Island petrol stations, AUT campus, bus routes added to growing list
There are more than 200 locations of interest - and more are expected today.
Covid-19: 825 new cases in NSW, Victoria records 61
Fears are growing that lockdown will be implemented until next year in Victoria.
'Fear and uncertainty': 7000 students close contacts of Covid cases
Students from De la Salle, McAuley, Avondale, Northcote and Lynfield await test results.
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Covid hush back in Dunedin
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Lakes DHB says as of Friday the vaccination centres are up and running again.
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Some 350 students attended the events; asked to keep eye out for symptoms in meantime.
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Why there's concern over ICU capacity amid Covid Delta outbreak
'We are regularly at capacity and need to cancel planned surgery,'' one DHB has warned.
Covid-19: Should we vaccinate all children against Delta?
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Auckland Uni student tests positive for Covid, cases at two big schools
Two big schools and the University of Auckland linked to Covid cases.