Reports of healthcare workers, particularly those providing COVID-19 tests, being verbally and even physically abused is completely unacceptable, says director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield
The principal of Tamaki College in Auckland and board director of Pasifika Futures Ltd, Mrs Soana Pamaka, is sending out a positive message to her students and wider community during the recent COVID-19 resurgence - “Keep calm and don’t panic”
Tokoroa Family Health is the latest general practice to be hit with a temporary closure after a patient linked to the Auckland COVID-19 cluster tested positive there
Genetic surveillance — a technology that uses the genetic fingerprint of a virus to track its spread — is part of the public health response to New Zealand’s new COVID-19 community outbreak and could help pinpoint its source
The return of COVID-19 community transmission, with Auckland back in a level 3 lockdown and the rest of New Zealand at level 2, raises real questions about New Zealand’s upcoming general election
Following New Zealand (apart from the greater Auckland region) moving to COVID-19 Alert Level 2, Canterbury DHB has made changes to its visitor restrictions
The New Zealand Orthopaedic Association (NZOA) is pleading with the Government to enable elective surgery to continue, as alert levels change with the re-emergence of COVID-19 community transmission
Southern DHB Medical Officer of Health, Dr Susan Jack is calling for calm, as she assures people in the Southern district that public health procedures are in place and underway
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management