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The employers of key healthcare workers can now make a bid for them to be exempt from Covid-19 vaccine mandates under new rules issued by the Ministry of Health. It comes as the “no jab, no job” public health order, which will require health, education and prison workers to be vaccinated, has been published. The order – which will come […]
Read moreCOVID LATEST:* Auckland supermarket among latest Covid locations of interest* Financial stress: ‘People are at their breaking point’ – govt-funded service* Sir Ian Taylor: How to end the MIQ lottery for most returning Kiwis* Auckland principals consider options as exam fears loom for students Auckland is a long way from a return to level 4 lockdown – and 100 cases […]
Read moreJoyce Lebra, feminist trailblazer, renowned scholar and the University of Colorado Boulder’s first female history professor, died Oct. 10 in Boulder. She was 95. Lebra’s closest friends and chosen family describe her as a formidable, wise and warm woman whose heart was split between her love of Asia and America, the ocean and Colorado’s mountains. Born in Minnesota and raised […]
Read moreTwo Covid cases refusing to divulge where they travelled in Northland does not warrant the “compelling public health reasons” needed to waive their privacy rights, the Ministry of Health says. The question was put to the ministry after frustrated readers contacted the Advocate to state how unfair it seemed for the two women to stay anonymous while a second pair […]
Read moreThere are 27 new locally acquired Covid-19 cases in New Zealand today, 22 of which have been linked to known clusters. All of today’s cases are in Auckland, the Ministry of Health said in a statement this afternoon. This brings the total of unlinked cases in the past fortnight to 10. There are 22 Covid patients in hospital, including three […]
Read moreThe beginning of the school year feels like opening a new restaurant for food service veterans like Beth Wallace. New year, new menu and an exciting array of possibilities. But as this school year got underway, the Jeffco Public Schools’ head of food and nutrition services quickly realized that routine products like cheese and milk were hard to get. So […]
Read moreA high vaccination rate would be a “golden ticket” for New Zealand and make level 4 lockdowns a thing of the past, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says. Ardern’s comment followed the announcement by director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield of 15 new Covid-19 cases in the community. There are also two new cases in managed isolation. Ardern told reporters at the […]
Read moreEducation minister Chris Hipkins has asked for advice on whether to move the upcoming school holidays forward. Cabinet has agreed “in principle” that Tamaki Makaurau will move out of level 4 next Tuesday. If there are two more weeks of level 3, the city would hit level 2 just in time for the school holidays – meaning two more weeks […]
Read moreThe independent investigation into anonymous sexual assault allegations against Denver school board member Tay Anderson is finished, and the 96-page report was delivered Monday to all of the board’s members except Anderson. Anderson, who has denied all allegations, will receive the long-awaited report Tuesday, and it will be released to the public Wednesday, according to a news release from Denver […]
Read morePrime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield will provide the latest on Covid-19 case numbers and vaccinations at 1pm. It comes as testing and vaccinations in Auckland ramp up after level 4 restrictions were extended in the region another week to stamp out any remaining community cases. On Monday level 2 was also extended for the […]
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