All Aucklanders aged 65 and over will receive a Covid vaccination invite within the next week. Four new community vaccination centres are also due to open in Albany, Tamaki, Pukekohe and Takanini. More than 110,000
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Covid 19 coronavirus: Rest home vaccination disparity revealed
Some Auckland rest home residents won’t be fully vaccinated until at least the end of July while others in Nelson have been done for weeks, showing a substantial disparity in the sector’s vaccine rollout. The
Read moreCruise lines say no change in sailing plans after new COVID-19 cases
(Reuters) – Royal Caribbean Group and Carnival Corp will push ahead with a return to cruises this summer despite two guests onboard a test run for Royal Caribbean’s Celebrity Millennium ship testing positive for COVID-19.
Read moreCovid-19 coronavirus: Travel costs up – how Customs, Ministry for Primary Industries will fill $186m hole in their budgets
OPINION: The price of travel is going to rise – get used to it. With border processing charges set to soar, a tourism group is warning that this country could be about to shoot itself
Read moreCovid 19 coronavirus: No charges for Perth traveller who broke transtasman bubble rules
A traveller who broke transtasman bubble rules by flying to Auckland from Perth in April has not been charged. And it remains unclear whether three people will face charges for driving from Melbourne, which remains
Read moreCovid 19 coronavirus: Melbourne lockdown to end tomorrow; multiple restrictions remain in place
Melbourne residents will emerge from a tough two-week lockdown tomorrow night, with government confirming restrictions will be eased across the city. Acting Premier James Merlino confirmed the lockdown will ease as planned at 11.59pm on
Read moreCovid 19 coronavirus: 11 new community cases reported in Victoria
Victoria has recorded 11 new cases of Covid-19 in the community. Health authorities confirmed the new cases just after 11am (NZT). No new cases in managed isolation were identified. That takes the number of active
Read moreFears for June 21 freedom as UK Covid cases rise by 70% in a week
The Daily Star’s FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inbox Covid cases in the UK have risen by a staggering 70% in just one week, sparking fears
Read moreCovid 19 coronavirus: Indias new killer Delta variant causing diabetes and black fungus
Cases of mucormycosis, a fungal infection that causes blackening or discolouration over the nose, blurred or double vision, chest pain, breathing difficulties and coughing blood, have been growing under India’s second wave of Covid-19. Doctors
Read moreStray dogs eating bodies of dead Covid patients as cemeteries struggle to cope
Calling all dog lovers! Sign up to TeamDogs for your weekly dose of dog news, pictures and stories. Stray dogs eating charred human bodies that washed up on the banks of an Indian river as
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