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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.
November 14, 2021Perry Rush: Principals' Federation President fears schools may be under-resourced if unvaccinated teachers leave their jobsFears our schools will be under-resourced if many unvaccinated teachers end up leaving their jobs. All education staff in contact with children must have their first Covid jab by the end of today. If they don't, unvaccinated staff will be barred......more3minPlay
November 14, 2021Paul Heyward: Education lecturer urges principals to encourage unvaccinated teachers to get the Covid-19 jabPrincipals are being urged to do all they can to encourage unvaccinated staff members to get the Covid-jab. All education workers who have contact with students must have their first jab by the end of today. Those who don't comply will be barred......more5minPlay
November 14, 2021Ben McFadgen: Rental Vehicles Association CEO as fears rental fleet could be down 30,000 vehicles due to Covid-19New Zealand's rental car sector is another industry with their head just above water due to Covid. It's estimated the rental fleet is about 30,000 vehicles down, due to the shutting out of international tourists. There's also fears there won't be......more3minPlay
November 14, 2021Sunday Panel: Vaccine mandates, lockdown protests and MIQLorna Subritzky and Liam Hehir joined Francesca Rudkin on the Sunday Panel.LISTEN ABOVE...more9minPlay
November 12, 2021Gail Downey: Austrian leader says lockdown for the unvaccinated is likelyAustria's chancellor on Thursday stepped up threats of lockdown measures for unvaccinated people, as new coronavirus cases in the Alpine nation are soaring. The country's worst-affected province said it plans to take that step next week.Austria has......more5minPlay
November 12, 2021Pat Newman: Te Tai Tokerau Principals Association says schools calling police over unvaccinated staff is a good moveSupport for schools being able to call the police if unvaccinated staff turn up next week.All early learning and school teachers must have had their first jab by Monday.In a notice in the Ministry of Education gazette yesterday, school leaders have......more6minPlay
November 12, 2021Dr Bryan Betty: Medical director says Covid will spread if Auckland border loosened over Christmas with traffic light systemQuestions about what happens to Auckland's boundary if the entire country moves to the traffic light system at the same time.Jacinda Ardern told Newsroom she isn't ruling out shifting everyone to the new system after November 29, something that......more3minPlay
November 12, 2021Murray Olds: Queensland records two new Covid cases including an ‘unlinked’ Gold Coast Uber driverAnnastacia Palaszczuk has threatened to reinstate restrictions on the Gold Coast after an Uber driver was revealed as a new unlinked local infection.The driver is one of two new local cases recorded in Queensland on Thursday, prompting health......more7minPlay
November 11, 2021Neil Volzke: Stratford Mayor on Delta coming to TaranakiOne part of the country is waking up with a potential Covid outbreak. Six positive Covid cases has been confirmed in Taranaki's Stratford District overnight. Health officials say cases are linked and are all members of the same family. One is in......more3minPlay
November 11, 2021Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Whānau Ora chair says they want to get more Māori vaccinatedThe stoush continues between the Ministry of Health and Māori health providers. Whanau Ora is heading back to court for an urgent judicial review of Ashley Bloomfield's refusal to give them personal health data to reach unvaccinated Māori. The......more3minPlay
FAQs about Covid Watch:How many episodes does Covid Watch have?The podcast currently has 1,615 episodes available.