Rowan Quinn

RNZ health correspondent Rowan Quinn discusses details of the Covid-19 case that has put Northland in level 3 restrictions.

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Nervous doctors and nurses are bracing for Covid-19 case numbers to rise under Auckland's eased restrictions. While the city is staying at level 3, from midnight two households can now meet up - as… Audio

There are growing concerns that Covid-19 found in Waikato - and other surprise cases - could be the tip of an iceberg of undetected transmission.

The government's set to announce its decision about… Audio

It's a make or break week for Auckland's Covid-19 outbreak as stubborn case numbers plateau.

Experts say the impact of level 3 restrictions will be seen in the numbers this week - and they could go… Audio

The race is on to get 90 percent of eligible Aucklanders vaccinated in less than two weeks.

The government has set the target for a first dose, saying it will be a key part of its decision on whether… Audio

It's a roll of the dice that could either eliminate Delta or send the country tumbling back into a strict lockdown.

From tomorrow, Auckland will move to level 3 after spending five weeks hunkered… Audio

A record 220,000 Aucklanders could be vaccinated this week - but it would take every skerrick of space in the system.

The Prime Minister wants as many people as possible in the city to get a dose in… Audio

Seven Auckland suburbs will be the focus of testing and contact tracing this week as health officials try to crack the mystery Covid cases likely to keep the city at Alert Level 4.

The government… Audio

People on the vaccination frontline in Auckland want all 250,000 of the government's bonus Pfizer doses to come to the city.

The extra doses from Spain have brought in to tide the country through… 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.

A second Auckland quarantine hotel will start taking people with Covid-19 in a few hours time.

The Novotel in Ellerslie has to take on some of the load because the Jet Park is filling up fast.

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A contact tracing expert says the Delta strain is shifting the goal posts on the country's tracing system, helping to put it under more pressure.

More tracers are being urgently recruited around the… Audio

Auckland health authorities are urgently recruiting more contact tracers as the system hits capacity just five days into the outbreak.

The tracers are vital to the Covid response because they get… Audio

An Auckland vaccination clinic its doing about half the numbers it was before the lockdown - but is relieved to be back up and running.

Many clinics resumed again after a one day pause to get alert… Audio

One of the five positive cases is a fully vaccinated nurse at Auckland City Hospital. RNZ's health correspondent Rowan Quinn has been looking into this and speaks to Māni Dunlop. Audio

There's been another case of Covid being transmitted between people with no known connection to each other in MIQ. This time it was at the Jet Park - the country's highest risk MIQ facility… Audio

Nurses and their bosses are heading to the courts over strike action, as both accuse each other of not doing enough to keep patients safe.

About 30,000 district health board nurses have issued a… Audio

Less than a quarter of those sent initial invitations to the country's first mass Covid-19 vaccination event booked a slot.

The three-day event starts Friday at the Vodafone Events Centre in Manukau… Audio

Vaccinators will have to inject one person a minute at the country's first mass vaccination event at the end of July.

Just 12 health workers will immunise 15,000 people over three days at the… Audio