WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand will relax its strict Covid-19 rules this week because case numbers have peaked and the population has high levels of immunity, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Wednesday. Ardern said limits on outdoor crowd numbers would be scrapped late Friday, allowing...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Wild storms lashed New Zealand's North Island Monday, claiming at least three lives when a fishing vessel sank and causing chaos in the country's biggest city Auckland, officials said. Police said three bodies were recovered and another two people were missing after...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand reported 15,161 new community cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, said the Ministry of Health in a statement. Among the 15,161 new community infections, 7,226 were in the largest city Auckland. Four new cases of Covid-19 were detected at the New Zealand border, said...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – New Zealand recorded 24 new community cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, said the Ministry of Health in a statement. Among the 24 new community infections, 16 are in the largest city Auckland, five in the Lakes region, two in Northland and one in Waikato. In addition, the...
WELLINGTON -- New Zealand reported 31 new cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19 in the community on Tuesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country's current community outbreak to 10,985. Among the new infections, 14 were recorded in the largest city of Auckland, one in nearby...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – New Zealand reported 18 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 10,670. Among the new infections, 13 were recorded in New Zealand's largest city of...
WELLINGTON -- New Zealand detected seven new cases of COVID-19 Omicron variant in international arrivals over two days, taking the country's total Omicron cases to 45, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Sunday. Whole-genome sequencing has detected seven more COVID-19 cases of Omicron...
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...
