Global health crisis response has improved since Covid-19. However, a leading expert warns that awareness of pandemic risks remains low. Re...

World Health Organization member states will continue talks on a pandemic treaty for another year. Discussions focus on sharing access to d...

India is set to boost its manufacturing sector by identifying around 100 products for domestic production. This initiative aims to reduce r...

Migrants in New Zealand are planning to apply for citizenship early after the government announced a mandatory citizenship test from 2027. ...

Passengers from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius are flying home from Tenerife. They are being evacuated by military and governmen...

A number of countries including Britain, the United States and Australia have demanded that travellers from China produce a negative COVID-...

Air New Zealand had intended to start the route from Auckland to John F Kennedy International Airport in 2020 but then the pandemic hit. Th...

It was the latest sign of just how radically New Zealand's approach to the virus has shifted, moving from elimination to suppression and no...

Travellers will still need to test negative for the virus before leaving and after arriving. "I know this will be welcome news to the membe...

Tourists from Australia and other visa-free countries will only be allowed in by July and travellers from the rest of the world will be kep...

New Zealand will shorten the gap between second COVID-19 vaccine doses and boosters and push back the phased reopening of its borders in me...

Jacinda Ardern said the rapid spread of the highly transmissible variant meant it was too early to lift restrictions imposed last week afte...

The snap lockdown will begin at midnight tonight as authorities rush to identify the source of a single infection in largest city Auckland,...

Officials also said they would delay second shots of the Pfizer vaccine in order to speed up first shots to protect more people as the thre...

Amid worries the cluster, which has grown to nine cases in two days, could spark a major outbreak, Victoria imposed social restrictions and...

New Zealand health officials on Sunday confirmed the first case of Covid-19 in the community for more than two months, sparking urgent cont...

"This person is a member of Pakistan cricket squad and was one of the three cases reported as under investigation yesterday. They have now ...