Covid Watch

By Newstalk ZB

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

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How many episodes does Covid Watch have?

The podcast currently has 1,615 episodes available.

Covid Watch episodes:

May 17, 2022 Josh Smith: It seems to be less about denial and more about lack of testing
So, North Korea are in the middle a major Covid-19 outbreak.
With more than a million people now sick with what officials are calling a 'fever'.
Limiting testing capacity has meant that only a few cases have been confirmed as actual Covid.
Kim...
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3min
May 17, 2022 Dr Rob Griffiths: It will be related to the severity of the illness
Doctors are warning urgent work needs to be done to understand the full impact of long Covid on people.
One in five Covid cases still have symptoms three months after they catch the virus... But there are no plans to support them.
Dr Rob Griffiths...
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4min
May 16, 2022 THE RE-WRAP: A Little Light On Detail
THE BEST BITS IN A SILLIER PACKAGE (from Tuesday's Mike Hosking Breakfast) Lift Your Game, James/Where Everyone Gets a Supermarket/Aussie Campaign Wind-Up/Covid's Coming/Motorway Hazards
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11min
May 16, 2022 Andrew Dickens: The post-pandemic hangover is affecting the whole world
Welcome to budget week and welcome to the immediate aftermath of the Covid pandemic.
Is the pandemic over? No, far from it.
Temporary labour shortages as the virus works its way through the population means everything will be difficult for some time...
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5min
May 15, 2022 Mike's Minute: Government's Covid spin won't fool us anymore
Ashley Bloomfield was back Friday to spook you again, just like the good old days. The trouble for the Government's fear campaign is it's over. It’s a bust.
It's the evolution, or the anatomy, of a campaign that for a while was highly successful. A...
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3min
May 13, 2022 Graham Le Gros: Immunologist says the latest Covid variants haven't been very nasty and we're well-immunised going into winter
One vaccine expert isn't too concerned about Covid-19 heading into winter.
Ashley Bloomfield today warned there could be another peak - when flu and RSV will also hit.
Immunologist Graham Le Gros told Heather du Plessis Allan the latest variants...
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3min
May 10, 2022 Jason Ennor: CEO of My HR on US and UK seeing record low sickness absences as people worked from home
When you're working from home anyway, how sick do you have to be to actually call in sick?
The US and UK have seen record low sickness absences as people worked from home, meaning we're trying to power through instead of resting like we normally...
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3min
May 10, 2022 Stephen England-Hall: RealNZ Chief Executive says there are hopes for the tourism sector ahead of looser border settings
There are high hopes for the tourism sector ahead of looser border settings.
Our newsroom understands the Prime Minister will announce today an acceleration in opening the country up to all-comers.
It had been set for October, but that could now...
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3min
May 10, 2022 Julie White: Hospitality New Zealand Chief Executive says immigration reset means many businesses will never recover from Covid-19
The Government is expected to open the door to more highly skilled workers, but not to unskilled hospitality workers.
Hospitality New Zealand Chief Executive Julie White told Mike Hosking that means many hospitality businesses will never recover from...
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4min
May 10, 2022 Kate Hawkesby: If you were an overseas tourist, would you really come to NZ?
In another case of theory versus reality, Tourism Minister Stuart Nash is telling us we’re open as a country, but tourism groups and others will tell you – we’re not really.
The thing holding us up? The Covid testing regime our government insists on...
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4min

FAQs about Covid Watch:

How many episodes does Covid Watch have?

The podcast currently has 1,615 episodes available.