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Covid Watch is the home of the latest Covid-19 news from New Zealand and around the world, with the conversations Newstalk ZB is having with all the newsmakers and experts to keep you informed.... more
FAQs about Covid Watch:How many episodes does Covid Watch have?The podcast currently has 1,615 episodes available.
June 16, 2022Jarrod Haar: AUT Business School Professor on the office divide between the Covid cavaliers and Covid cautiousAre you a Covid cavalier type of person or are you Covid cautious?New research from AUT has found that about half of Kiwi workers are anxious to return to the office because of the risk of catching Covid - making them Covid cautious.This could cause......more5minPlay
June 16, 2022John MacDonald: Time for isolation rules to goWhen I got up this morning, I thought for a second that the old throat was feeling a bit scratchy. Nothing major, just that little feeling that makes you think there might be something brewing.So I popped a couple of Vitamin Cs, it’s disappeared and......more6minPlay
June 15, 2022Mike's Minute: Do we just accept incompetence now?I miss the occasion of the national disgrace.The time when, normally, a report or a revelation exposed some hopelessly inept behaviour or some governmental dishonesty.It was a day that focused almost solely on the singular story and it was concluded......more3minPlay
June 15, 2022Justin Watson: Christchurch airport officer on pre-departure Covid tests scrapped from MondayAs of next Tuesday, people travelling to New Zealand will no longer need a negative pre-departure test.A Government source has confirmed the requirement will be dropped as of 11.59pm on Monday. An announcement by new Covid-19 Response Minister Ayesha......more4minPlay
June 15, 2022Heather du Plessis-Allan: Did we overreact with suspending the Murupara doctor?If you cast your mind back a few months you might remember the case of the Murupara doctor who was suspended after asking public questions about the Pfizer jab.It’s been revealed Bernard Conlon has now been given permission to go back to his......more3minPlay
June 15, 2022The Huddle: Murupara doctor, pre-departure testing, Paddy GowerA Murupara doctor suspended for his anti-vax views has been allowed to return to work.In the six months he was suspended, the community had no doctor, which leads to questions of a possible overreaction in the Covid-19 response.It comes as New......more8minPlay
June 15, 2022National MP Chris Bishop tests positive for CovidNew Zealand Herald Wellington issues reporter Georgina Campbell discusses Chris Bishop testing positive for Covid-19, the potential for electric trains in the lower North Island and how the Peka Peka to Ōtaki expressway's opening is on a knife edge.......more8minPlay
June 14, 2022THE RE-WRAP: The Reshuffle Opinion We've Been Waiting ForTHE BEST BITS IN A SILLIER PACKAGE (from Wednesday's Mike Hosking Breakfast) How Hosk Sees It/Stop With the Cycleways/A Very Grand Opening Indeed/Why Weren't Hospitals Ready for This?/The Worst-Case Covid Scenario...more12minPlay
June 14, 2022Pattrick Smellie: BusinessDesk managing editor on whether pre-departure testing will be dropped before July 31Yesterday we talked to a Kiwi traveller who had his pre-departure test denied as it was taken a minute just before the 48 hour cutoff.Since then, the Opposition has released a statement saying it’s time to drop the testing now instead of waiting......more8minPlay
June 14, 2022Terry Taylor: Institute of Medical Laboratory Science president on report into Ministry of Health PCR test failuresA review has found that the Ministry of Health failed to accurately estimate our lab capacity.At the start of the year, Associate Health Minister Ayesha Verrall claimed that we had the ability to surge to 70,000 PCR tests per day.The claim turned......more4minPlay
FAQs about Covid Watch:How many episodes does Covid Watch have?The podcast currently has 1,615 episodes available.