Ashley Bloomfield

Covid-19 numbers have taken a bit of a slide today with 15 new cases in the community - all in Auckland.

There are now 970 cases linked to the delta outbreak but almost 400 of those people have… Audio

Level 4 has been extended for one more week, making it the longest stretch any part of the country has been in hard lockdown.

But there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Te Pirimia, Jacinda Ardern… Audio

Delta is changing the country's Covid-19 response and Tuesday's move to alert level 2 for most of the country will be no exception.

From 11.59pm every part of the country except Auckland will move… Audio

Auckland has been put on notice - get testing if you want to get out of level four.

There were just 2600 hundred Covid-19 tests in Auckland on Saturday - a tenth of the numbers early in the lockdown.

During alert level lockdowns we'll broadcast each day live from the 1pm media briefing to update case numbers and information about differing alert levels around the country. Audio

Moves are underway at Auckland Hospital to provide more rooms can be available Covid-19 patients.

There were 32 patients in hospital across the region yesterday, 18 of them were in Middlemore, 12 at… Audio

The Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has confirmed vaccines will be prioritised for Auckland, ahead of the rest of the country.

He told Morning Report if vaccine supplies couldn't match… Audio

During alert level lockdowns we'll broadcast each day live from the 1pm media briefing to update case numbers and information about differing alert levels around the country. Audio

The Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield, says officials are considering booster injections for those who received their Pfizer vaccines at the start of the year.

A new study out from… Audio

Ashley Bloomfield was on waiting on advice as to what options they can offer the 732 people who were vaccinated at Highbrook on the 12 July after an error involving the Covid-19 vaccine.

An extra… Audio

More than half of the current 107 cases in the Delta outbreak are from the Pacific community.

The Samoa Assembly of God Church welcomed more than 500 people at an event 9 days ago which has now… Audio

The Covid-19 Level 4 lockdown is staying in place for all of New Zealand until at least 11:59pm Tuesday.

The outbreak has now grown to 31 community cases and spilled outside the city, with three… Audio

During level four lockdown we're expecting each day the Prime Minister together the director general of health to provide an update on the cases in the community. Audio

The Director-General of Health, Ashley Bloomfield, says he expects there to be a rise in Covid-19 case numbers to be announced today.

The country is anxiously awaiting new information from health… Audio

During level four lockdown we're expecting each day the Prime Minister together the director general of health to provide an update on the cases in the community. When these briefings are happening we… Audio

A case of Covid-19 has been detected in Auckland this afternoon. It is not yet known, but suspected to be the Delta variant.

All of New Zealand will move to Alert Level Four from 11:59pm Tuesday.

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