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

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

FAQs about Covid Watch:

How many episodes does Covid Watch have?

The podcast currently has 1,615 episodes available.

Covid Watch episodes:

February 04, 2022 Silvia Taylor: Novavax Vice-President says people trust their vaccine as it uses protein-based technology
Another weapon in our arsenal to fight Covid-19.
Medsafe has granted provisional approval for the Novavax vaccine Nuvaxovid.
It will join Pfizer and AstraZeneca to be the third vaccine approved by MedSafe.
Cabinet is yet to give final approval....
...more
4min
February 04, 2022 Heather du Plessis-Allan: The Government's high trust self-isolation model is a good move
Won’t surprise you to know that there are – as we mentioned on the show yesterday – a fair few people not happy about yesterday’s border announcement.
And one of the things that seems to be upsetting them is the Government’s very relaxed attitude to...
...more
3min
February 04, 2022 Scott Tasker: Auckland Airport aeronautical commercial GM says airlines need certainty over self-isolation
Auckland Airport says airlines desperately need clarity on plans to reopen the border.
It says all ten airlines it's spoken to in the last 24 hours say they either need a date when self-isolation will go or at least know what will trigger it ending....
...more
4min
February 04, 2022 Michael Plank: Covid-19 modeller says modelling is like weather forecasts in that it's not perfect but useful
A Covid-19 modeller says there is use in the calculations.
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins this morning told Mike Hosking that he's sceptical about models but they're useful, comparing them to weather forecasts.
Te Punaha Matatini modeller...
...more
6min
February 03, 2022 John MacDonald: Anti-vaxxers are looking more desperate by the day
The anti-vaxxers are looking more and more desperate by the day.
And they’ve reached a new low this week, here in Canterbury anyway, setting up their pathetic protests outside some primary schools at drop-off and pick-up time.
I say pathetic for...
...more
5min
February 03, 2022 Kate Hawkesby: The Hermit Kingdom is over
Thoughts and prayers this morning to all the panickers who wanted the border shut forever and all the hermits who were loving Hermit Kingdom. It’s over. Thank goodness.
Congrats to the Government for waking up to the fact that life actually does go...
...more
3min
February 03, 2022 Chris Hipkins: Covid-19 Response Minister isn't sure what needs to happen before the country can drop self-isolation requirements
Chris Hipkins isn't sure what needs to happen before the country can drop self-isolation requirements.
A phased reopening of the border will begin from February 28, replacing MIQ with self-isolation.
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins told...
...more
8min
February 03, 2022 Justin Tighe Umbers: Board of Airline Representatives executive director says airlines will lose interest in New Zealand due to self-isolati
There are fear airlines may start losing interest in coming to New Zealand.
A phased reopening of the border begins at the end of this month, without MIQ.
But Board of Airline Representatives executive director, Justin Tighe Umbers told Kate...
...more
4min
February 03, 2022 D'Arcy Waldegrave: Is Novak rethinking his vax stance?
Sportstalk host, D'Arcy Waldegrave joined Heather du Plessis-Allan to talk about Novak Djokovic potentially changing his mind about the Covid-19 vaccine.
LISTEN ABOVE
...more
4min
February 03, 2022 Chris Hipkins: Eventually, Covid will become 'normal'
New Zealand's border will begin to reopen from later this month.
Double-jabbed Kiwi travellers will be able to skip MIQ and return from Australia from February 28 – instead doing self-isolation.
Those further abroad will be able to do the same, two...
...more
5min

FAQs about Covid Watch:

How many episodes does Covid Watch have?

The podcast currently has 1,615 episodes available.