mjohnston@nzdoctor.co.nz

Mismatch between PM’s call for testing and people turned away from swabbing 

Incoming NZMA GP Council chair wants less bureaucracy and fewer DHBs 

GP leaders say they expect an announcement this week of ongoing financial support from the Government during the coronavirus lockdown

Sixty-five per cent of the New Zealand population would get symptomatic COVID-19 infection in a worst-case scenario described by epidemiologist
Nick Wilson

5 April – New Zealand exceeds 1000 cases. Total confirmed/probable cases: 1106

David Clark has been sacked from finance but keeps his health minister role, for the good of New Zealand’s pandemic response 

Evidence building up that lockdown efforts to snuff out epidemic may be working  

GP leaders expect an announcement this week of ongoing financial support from the Government 

New Zealand’s COVID-19 epidemic “may well be peaking” - Ashley Bloomfield says 

Ministry praise for primary care, but it faces claims that COVID testing is being “rationed”