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March 25, 2022
By Moana Ellis of Local Democracy Reporting A Whanganui iwi leader says the Aotearoa New Zealand government’s decision to ease covid-19 measures at this time is a disgrace and shocking. He is warning Māori to stay vigilant against omicron and prepare for more to come. Tūpoho chair Ken Mair says Māori must continue to be extremely ... <a title="Iwi leader warns Māori to take extreme care under ‘dangerous’ new covid-19 strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/iwi-leader-warns-maori-to-take-extreme-care-under-dangerous-new-covid-19-strategy/" aria-label="Read more about Iwi leader warns Māori to take extreme care under ‘dangerous’ new covid-19 strategy">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2022
RNZ Pacific The Samoa government has extended its alert level three lockdown for another two weeks, due to the rapid spread of the covid-19 in the community. There are 467 confirmed covid-19 cases, 15 of which are imported cases of passengers on the repatriation flight from New Zealand in early March. As case numbers climb ... <a title="Samoa extends lockdown as spread of covid-19 cases jumps to 467" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/23/samoa-extends-lockdown-as-spread-of-covid-19-cases-jumps-to-467/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa extends lockdown as spread of covid-19 cases jumps to 467">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand’s Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, says covid-19 case numbers have passed their peak in Auckland, the country’s largest city, but that people should remain vigilant. Dr Bloomfield said there were 20,907 new community cases of covid-19, a further 15 deaths and 1016 people in hospital in today. He said the ... <a title="NZ’s covid-19 case numbers past their peak in Auckland, says Bloomfield" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/23/nzs-covid-19-case-numbers-past-their-peak-in-auckland-says-bloomfield/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s covid-19 case numbers past their peak in Auckland, says Bloomfield">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2022
By Alexander Rheeney in Apia Samoa’s total number of active covid-19 cases has increased to 196 with the government confirming 192 cases in Upolu and 4 cases in Savai’i. The Government Press Secretariat’s community transmission update, which was distributed to the local media today, advised that health authorities had identified 85 new community cases by ... <a title="Samoa’s covid positive cases surge tops 196, report health officials" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/22/samoas-covid-positive-cases-surge-tops-196-report-health-officials/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa’s covid positive cases surge tops 196, report health officials">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2022
RNZ News The clamour in New Zealand to ditch vaccine passes and change the traffic light setting is poorly timed, an epidemiologist says. The number of covid-19 deaths is on the rise, with nine reported today. One thousand people are now in hospital, including 26 in ICU, the highest number yet in intensive care. University ... <a title="Omicron peak not right time to relax public health measures, says professor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/22/omicron-peak-not-right-time-to-relax-public-health-measures-says-professor/" aria-label="Read more about Omicron peak not right time to relax public health measures, says professor">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2022
RNZ News An Auckland nurse says a lucrative incentive payment has not fixed the city’s dire hospital staffing shortage in Aotearoa New Zealand’s current covid-19 outbreak. Nurses, midwives and others employed by the region’s district health boards (DHBs) have been entitled to an extra $500 on top of their normal pay for extra shifts overnight. ... <a title="Auckland hospitals put most care on hold, incentives fail to fix covid crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/auckland-hospitals-put-most-care-on-hold-incentives-fail-to-fix-covid-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland hospitals put most care on hold, incentives fail to fix covid crisis">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand’s Ministry of Health has reported 19,542 new cases of covid-19 in the community and 24 more deaths today. The ministry said eight people had died with covid-19 yesterday, while a further 16 people had died in the past three weeks. “Local public health authorities have notified these deaths to the ministry ... <a title="NZ reports 24 more covid deaths, 19,542 new cases – minister positive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/17/nz-reports-24-more-covid-deaths-19542-new-cases-minister-positive/" aria-label="Read more about NZ reports 24 more covid deaths, 19,542 new cases – minister positive">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2022
RNZ News It is too early to say New Zealand has peaked, and declining tallies are no reason to celebrate as covid-19 is still rife in our communities with a record eight deaths reported in a day, an epidemiologist says. University of Auckland professor Rod Jackson said the coronavirus is occurring so frequently right now ... <a title="Declining NZ covid-19 case counts – but record deaths and more to come" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/14/declining-nz-covid-19-case-counts-but-record-deaths-and-more-to-come/" aria-label="Read more about Declining NZ covid-19 case counts – but record deaths and more to come">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2022
RNZ News The number of people with covid-19 who have died in New Zealand has now reached 105, with 14 deaths reported in the past two days. There are more than 206,000 active cases of covid-19 in the community, with another 18,699 new community cases reported today. The Ministry of Health announced seven further deaths ... <a title="NZ’s covid-19 death toll reaches 105, but it ‘could have been thousands’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/13/nzs-covid-19-death-toll-reaches-105-but-it-could-have-been-thousands/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s covid-19 death toll reaches 105, but it ‘could have been thousands’">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2022
RNZ News Auckland health authorities remain cautiously optimistic that the omicron outbreak may have peaked in the country’s biggest city, even though 601 of the 856 people in hospital with covid-19 are in Auckland. Clinical leads Dr Andrew Old, Dr Anthony Jordan and Dr Christine McIntosh at the Northern Region Health Coordination Centre gave details ... <a title="‘Remain vigilant’ warning from Auckland health leaders as record 7 covid deaths reported" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/12/remain-vigilant-warning-from-auckland-health-leaders-as-record-7-covid-deaths-reported/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Remain vigilant’ warning from Auckland health leaders as record 7 covid deaths reported">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand’s Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Royal NZ College of General Practitioners president Dr Samantha Murton gave a briefing today on the government’s response to the omicron outbreak as hospital cases continue to climb. The daily number of new community cases has dropped slightly today to 21,015 community cases, but ... <a title="‘It’s still going to be messy’ warning as NZ hospital covid cases climb" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/10/its-still-going-to-be-messy-warning-as-nz-hospital-covid-cases-climb/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s still going to be messy’ warning as NZ hospital covid cases climb">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2022
RNZ News The United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has raised its travel advisory warning on travel to New Zealand. The CDC updated its travel warning to “level four: very high” for travel to New Zealand due to covid-19 cases, of which today alone there was 23,894 new cases recorded. According to the ... <a title="US warns against travel to NZ due to rising level of covid-19 cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/09/us-warns-against-travel-to-nz-due-to-rising-level-of-covid-19-cases/" aria-label="Read more about US warns against travel to NZ due to rising level of covid-19 cases">Read more</a>
