Covid

New year, new variant, but same old Covid. We're now into a third year living with the virus, but with waning energies about how to deal with Covid among us.

Kim Moodie has a look at the impact of… Audio

Summer events are being quickly cancelled as Omicron creeps into the community - prompting fears some businesses won't survive the red light.

The government's offering some help to those who've had… Video, Audio

A New Zealand woman was forced to care for her new-born in the NICU without any family support because her multiple attempts at securing an emergency MIQ room were rejected.

There are growing calls… Audio

A highly respected overseas health research organisation has forecast up to 80 thousand daily infections of Omicron for Aotearoa shortly. Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker talks to Jesse. Audio

ACT Party leader David Seymour talks to Lisa Owen about the government's three-phased Omicron response.

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More and more New Zealanders will have to look after themselves at home as the Omicron outbreak grows.

The government has set out how each of its three phases in the 'red' traffic light setting will… Audio

The government has outlined its staged approach to the highly transmissible Omicron variant that is already in the community. There were 56 new cases on Wednesday.

As infections spread, the isolation… Video, Audio

Motivated by a PPE shortage as well as trying to cut back the amount of COVID-19 plastic waste ending up in our oceans, a group of New Zealand scientists have developed a way to clean and recycle the… Audio

Omicron has arrived but it does not have to get into New Zealand, Professor Michael Baker has told Checkpoint.  Video, Audio

New South Wales is bracing for a major surge in Covid 19 cases - after recording its biggest ever day of cases. 

There were 1700 new infections today and health authorities say it's going to rise… Audio

Pop the Christmas crackers early, New Zealand has nailed 90 percent double dosed just in time for the start of the silly season.

The milestone comes nearly two months after the Prime Minister… Audio

Sunscreen, jandals, surboards, as you're jamming all that holiday stuff in the car, think about a Covid kit.

If you are heading away from home this summer health authorities are warning you need to… Video, Audio

Omicron has arrived in New Zealand - carried to a Christchurch MIQ facility by a recent returnee.

The case arrived on a flight from Germany - via Dubai - and landed in Auckland before being… Audio

Siouxsie joins Kathryn with an update on Omicron and vaccines for children. And she'll detail research into an mRNA vaccine against HIV that is showing promise in animal studies. Associate Professor… Audio

Annika joins Kathryn to look at the reopening of state borders, with tearful scenes at airports in Queensland and confirmation Western Australia will open its border again for the first time in two… Audio

UK correspondent Matthew Parris joins Kathryn to talk about the controversy over a Christmas party held at Number 10 Downing St last year in contravention of Covid rules. Audio

BBC World reporter Rich Preston joins Karyn to chat about who will become Germany's new chancellor this week, influencers are the top picks for 2021 Time's Person of the Year and Forbes list and how… Audio

The government's sudden boost in hospital funding to prepare for Covid cases is being called overly ambitious - and too late.

The government plans to pump $644 million into ICU capacity and… Audio

The Covid outbreak in Nelson seems to have given people the nudge they needed to get their first vaccination.

There are 14 cases of the virus in the region - made up of two separate clusters - with… Audio