Infectious Disease

A new phone line has been set up specifically for primary and community health clinicians seeking COVID-19 advice

New Zealand is about to temporarily run out of flu vaccine, says associate health minister Julie Anne Genter 

Contact tracing needs to increase three- or four-fold as long as the COVID-19 coronavirus remains a health threat, Dr Ayesha Verrall's audit has found

Epidemiologist worries about silent community transmission of coronavirus in essential workers 

A simple, cheap, but effective initiative is being rolled out in Whanganui district to target patients with chronic respiratory illness

New Zealand has today announced its first death linked to COVID-19, as the total number of confirmed and probable cases climbs to 514

A further 83 new cases of COVID-19 as at 9am have been announced by the Ministry of Health

Following weeks of unprecedented customer numbers inundating pharmacies across the country, some pharmacists are beginning to see a gradual decline, but for others, it’s still as “frantic” as ever

Expert advocates using COVID-19 cases’ cellphone data to accelerate and even automate tracing of their contacts 

Anxious, grumpy, difficult customers are arriving in droves at many pharmacies as the impact of alert level 4 for COVID-19 is felt around the country.