Morning Report

Restrictions are now in place on who can travel in ambulances with sick family members.

St John is bringing in new rules for emergency transport to hospital because of Covid-19.

The move is part of efforts to limit the number of people in emergency departments.

Dan Ohs is director of operations for St John.

He speaks to Susie Ferguson.

Price gouging by pharmacies and reluctance to refund cancelled plane tickets are two of the main complaints being handled by Consumer New Zealand since the Covid-19 pandemic began affecting New Zealanders' daily lives.

Consumer's head of research, Jessica Wilson, speaks to Corin Dann.

A brief update of movements in the financial sector.

The Chief Victims Adviser to the Government wants everyone to know there is help on hand, even through the lockdown.

Dr Kim McGregor says victims and survivors of family violence and sexual violence need to know that the police and social services are still there to help them and people fearing violence are allowed to move out.

She speaks to Susie Ferguson.

Some police employees who wish to remain in isolation because of the Covid-19 pandemic are being told they'll have to take unpaid leave during the lockdown.

The police are offering special leave to employees in the first instance, but have advised staff they'll have to take annual leave until it's used up.

Then they won't be paid at all.

Police reporter Ben Strang has the details.

People over 70 and those with underlying health conditions were the first to feel the brunt of the lockdown, being told to stay home four days before the rest of the country.

Overseas experience has shown these two groups are the most vulnerable to Covid-19.

But some parents and grandparents aren't dealing well with the advice to stay home.

RNZ political reporter Jo Moir spoke to Brooke Magill and started by asking her what her grandparents have been doing that they shouldn't be.

Day five of the nationwide lockdown and New Zealanders are starting to adapt to their strange new realities.

We thought we'd try to get a glimpse of home life on a typical suburban New Zealand street at the moment and decided to focus on - for no reason in particular - Allendale Road in Auckland's Mt Albert.

RNZ reporter Matthew Theunissen spent a few hours on the phone yesterday speaking to residents about how they're getting on and brings you our first installment of Isolation Street.

US President Donald Trump has backtracked on his initial plan to quarantine New York because of the coronavirus.

Over the weekend the President said he might impose a quarantine on New York, and parts of New Jersey and Connecticut, to slow the spread of Covid-19.

The US has 125,000 confirmerd cases of the virus, almost half of those are in New York, which has also recorded 672 deaths.

New York governor Andrew Cuomo described Trump's proposal as preposterous.

Trump now says quarantining New York "will not be necessary".

New York correspondent William Denselow speaks to Susie Ferguson.

As we head into day five of nationwide lockdown, many people will be struggling with cabin fever, or feeling stressed and anxious about what lies ahead.

Clinical psychologist Karen Nimmo speaks to Corin Dann.

Air New Zealand is giving little information out about its eight employees who have tested positive for Covid-19.

The eight work on the airline's long haul fleet and were on flights to Los Angeles or London.

One of the staff has recovered. Air New Zealand said no one was available to speak to Morning Report, but it says all procedures were followed in each case including appropriate contact tracing by the Ministry of Health.

E tū union aviation organiser Savage speaks to Susie Ferguson.