Ashley Bloomfield

The European Union has warned Covid-19 vaccine producers they must deliver agreed supplies, amid fears production problems could seriously hamper its inoculation drive.

AstraZeneca and… Audio

The government is being urged to stop using any managed isolation hotels that allow air to be distributed between different rooms.

A Northland woman who tested positive for Covid-19 days after she… Audio

There was a four-day cross over in managed isolation between a returnee with the more infectious South African strain of Covid-19 and the Northland woman they passed the virus to.

Genome testing… Video, Audio

Hundreds of people are being asked to stay home and get a Covid-19 test today after a Northland woman tested positive for the virus.

It's not known how she caught it or what the strain is but health… Audio

Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, says although one in four New Zealanders are hesitant to get vaccinated, in his experience they just need good, reliable information about the… Audio

It's now been precisely one year since health authorities in Wuhan reported a cluster of cases of pneumonia to the World Health Organization. And since then, the world has waded through a crisis that… Audio

Six members of the Pakistan cricket team are in the quarantine arm at the Chateau on the Park in Christchurch after testing positive for Covid-19.

In addition several other members of the team have… Audio

A close eye is being kept on the touring Pakistan cricket team after six of them tested positive for Covid-19.

The Ministry of Health has given the team a final warning, after squad members were… Audio

New Zealand has a new agreement to purchase a vaccine for Covid-19, provided it works.

The government has signed up to buy enough doses of a Janssen Pharmaceuticals vaccine for the entire population… Audio

The West Indian cricket team is drawing scorn in New Zealand and from people at home after they repeatedly broke managed isolation rules in their Christchurch MIQ facility. The touring squad had been… Audio

The touring West Indies cricket squad will be banned from training and confined to their hotel rooms after breaching the managed isolation rules on several occasions. Director General of Health Dr… Video, Audio

Workers in managed isolation and quarantine hotels here have been called some of the worst protected in the developed world by a PPE expert staying in one.

Tim Jones works for a company that's been… Audio

There are four new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today, all in managed isolation facilities. Audio

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says genomic sequencing shows a clear link between a health worker that tested positive for Covid-19 over the weekend and fishing crew staying at the… Audio

A child care centre in Napier remains open and parents are being told not to worry after a toddler had a weak-positive Covid-19 result.

The child was on an Air New Zealand flight from Napier to… Audio

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says there is one new imported case in managed isolation, and no new community cases today. Audio

Two crew of the Sofrana Surville anchored off the Sunshine Coast have tested positive for Covid-19.

The Ministry of Health says the ship is the most likely source of infection of two New Zealand port… Video, Audio

There are 18 crew members infected with Covid-19, out of the 235 who have come to the country for work.

The scale of the outbreak has prompted health authorities to bring in extra measures to curb… Audio