Ashley Bloomfield

New Zealanders seem to largely be accepting the government's decision to move to level 3 next week - almost a week later than originally hoped for.

People are in no doubt the delay is a good… Audio

Jacinda Ardern will announce if we are to head into Alert level 3 from Thursday at the weekly post-Cabinet media conference today.

Central to that decision is the efficiency of contact tracing… Audio

Almost three weeks into lockdown and one of the country's major healthcare providers is still struggling to get even a week's worth of personal protection equipment from the 20 District Health Boards.

As we enter day 12 of the lockdown 1039 people have been confirmed as having Covid 19, one person has died and 15 people are in hospital, two in a critical condition.

Worldwide the number of… Audio

The Health Ministry is looking at a possible shift in US official guidelines, to recommend that the ordinary public should all wear face masks during the pandemic.

The US Centers for Disease Control… Audio

The Director-General of Health is expecting more cases of community transmission to come to light this week.

That's despite a dip in the number of new cases reported yesterday.

Dr Ashley Bloomfield… Audio

One person is in critical condition in ICU as the number of Covid-19 cases rises to 368. 

The Director General of Health, Ashley Bloomfield confirmed 85 cases on day two of the lockdown. 

Of those… Audio

A major supplier of protective gowns has told RNZ demand has gone through the roof since the lockdown was announced on Monday it's having trouble finding 500,000 gowns requested by the Ministry of… Audio

The supply of protective gowns for medical workers at the Covid-19 frontline appears to be in turmoil.

A major supplier has told RNZ demand has gone through the roof since the lockdown was announced… Audio

The civil service leaders of the response to Covid 19 address media and take questions about day one of the level four restrictions being in place. Audio