Queensland's Chief Health Officer says 'long Covid' wrongly implies something unique, sinister and exceptional, when all viruses have long-term effects.
In the wake of a damning review into a post-Covid immigration scheme, the Labour Party leader admits his government put pressure on officials to speed things up.
A highly mutated Omicron variant has been responsible for more than nine in 10 New Zealand coronavirus infections – making it easily the most dominant strain in more than a year.
Passengers caught up in the Ruby Princess Covid outbreak could be on the hook for a hefty legal bill after rejecting an early $16 million settlement offer.
The number of scouts at a jamboree in Hamilton who had come down with Covid-19 is now being reported as 48 by its organiser, more than initially reported by officials.
Stocks of antiviral drug Paxlovid - used to treat Covid-19 patients and keep them from being hospitalised - have run dry throughout the country as a rise in cases drives a fifth wave.
Book a Covid-19 booster before Christmas if you're at risk - that's the message from health officials as another wave of the virus looks set to keep going into the holidays.
Another new Omicron variant is quickly gaining traction in New Zealand, just as a full-swing Christmas party season pours fuel on our fifth Covid-19 wave.
A worker at a Southland Fonterra plant was sacked for breaching the company’s Covid-19 mask policy - despite having an official exemption because of her asthma.
A doctor issued medical certificates to some patients, stating the Covid vaccine would not be suitable for them, despite having no sufficient evidence to back up the claim.