WELLINGTON, New Zealand – New Zealand reported six new cases of Omicron among recent returnees in managed isolation and quarantine facilities. A statement issued by the country's Ministry of Health said on Wednesday that the total number of international arrivals to New Zealand with the...
WELLINGTON -- New Zealand detected five more Omicron cases in international arrivals, taking the country's total cases of the COVID-19 variant to 13, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Sunday. The country reported 63 COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including 55 community cases and eight...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand reported 104 new cases of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Sunday. Of the new cases, 103 were community cases across New Zealand, one was an imported case, said the ministry. Among the new community infections, 86 were recorded in the...
WELLINGTON -- New Zealand reported 98 new Delta variant cases of COVID-19 in the community on Tuesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country's current community outbreak to 9,266. Among the new infections, 74 were recorded in the largest city of Auckland, 10 in nearby Waikato,...
People drive to a temporary COVID-19 testing site in Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 15, 2021. (Xinhua/File) WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A new national testing strategy, which will test people with faster results and provide greater certainty, reassurance, and less disruption to everyday lives, will...
(Photo by Zhao Gang/ Xinhua News Agency via Getty Image) WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Fully vaccinated New Zealanders will find it easier to come home from January 2022, with foreign nationals to follow from April onwards, as the government removes the requirement for managed isolation and quarantine...
As the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to push people into adapting to the work-from-home scheme, the line between work and home is becoming blurred, such as what happened to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinta Ardern. During her address to the nation via Facebook Live on Thursday, Ardern...
President Duterte will participate virtually in the 2021 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting on Nov. 11 to 12, a statement from Malacañang said. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) According to the statement, Duterte will join his APEC counterparts at the...
The Philippines and New Zealand had agreed to boost their maritime security cooperation as well as their partnership in health, trade, and other areas amid the coronavirus pandemic. PH-NEW ZEALAND TIES--Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Neal Imperial and New Zealand MFAT South and South East Asia...
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern admitted Monday that New Zealand's widely praised "Covid zero" strategy had failed to halt a stubborn outbreak in Auckland and said a new approach was needed. (AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN) The hardline elimination policy had largely protected the country from the pandemic,...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand reported 12 new Delta variant cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country's community outbreak to 1,160. Health workers are seen at a testing site for COVID-19 in Auckland, New Zealand, Aug. 20, 2021. (Xinhua/File)...
Wellington, New Zealand - New Zealand recorded its first Covid-related death in six months Saturday, but health authorities said there were signs the outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant was coming under control. A woman in her 90s, who had underlying health conditions and could not...
