Ashley Bloomfield

The recommended wait time between getting your first and second Covid-19 Pfizer shot could soon be extended.

Cabinet may discuss today whether to extend the current gap from three weeks to eight… Audio

More than 15,000 bookings were made for the Covid-19 shot on Wednesday, when appointments opened for anyone over age 60.

That coincided with ongoing concern that vulnerable people in group 3 who are… Audio

It is a different deal for New Zealand returnees depending on what Australian state they are in.

New South Wales is the worst hit with 136 new community Covid-19 cases in greater Sydney today, with… Audio

A new testing station is opening at Te Papa on Friday morning to help cope with increased demand due to a person who later tested positive for Covid-19 visiting Wellington last week.

Test results… Audio

Wellington and surrounding areas moved to Alert Level 2 at six o'clock last night after an Australian tourist who visited the city over the weekend tested positive for Covid-19 upon return to Sydney.

Wellington is on high-alert after a traveller from Sydney, who visited the captial at the weekend, tested positive for Covid-19 on their return to Australia.

Late last night, New South Wales Health… Audio

Ashley Bloomfield says lockdown is an option in Wellington after a person who travelled there from Australia tested positive for Covid-19.

The traveller from Sydney, visited Wellington last weekend… Audio

No vaccine, no visit. The Prime Minister has given the strongest indication yet that unvaccinated travellers may not be able to enter Aotearoa.

At a press conference with Dr Ashley Bloomfield… Video, Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will reveal later today how the Covid-19 vaccine rollout will work for people in group 4 - that's the general population who so far haven't been eligible for the jab. The… Audio

New Zealanders will soon be able to fly home from Melbourne without having to quarantine, after a pause to the travel bubble between Aotearoa and Victoria.

People will be able to fly back from… Audio

A report into the Covid-19 vaccine rollout raises serious concerns about whether the government can reach its targets and if there's even enough vaccine in the country.

It calls on health authorities… Video, Audio

Flights to New Zealand from New South Wales have been placed on hold for 48 hours from midnight last night, as authorities investigate fresh Covid-19 cases in Sydney.

About 6000 people who have… Audio

Ashley Bloomfield expects new restrictions on people flying from Western Australia to New Zealand will only affect a very small number of people.

Three new Covid-19 cases linked to a managed… Audio

Funding to rapidly train non-clinical workers to help administer the Covid-19 vaccine to Māori communities is being described as a drop in the bucket.

Māori health providers have been consistently… Audio

New Zealand has temporarily suspended travel from India as a response to a surge in Covid cases amongst returnees. It came after 23 new positive cases of Covid were identified in managed isolation… Audio

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says genomic testing returned overnight confirms that New Zealand's latest Covid-19 case came from within a managed isolation facility.

This follows… Audio

The Director-General of Health is being handed what's being described as a political hot potato no one wants to touch.

From March next year, Ashley Bloomfield will be in control of water… Audio

Auckland will leave lockdown and drop down to alert level 2 at 6am on Sunday. The rest of the country will move to level 1 at the same time.

The decision was made following news there are no new… Video, Audio