The news keeps coming on the coronavirus pandemic. Today we learned details of a $900 million bailout for Air New Zealand, Auckland Council announced it was closing public facilities such as recreation centres and libraries and parents got the information they needed (or may have been dreading) - schools will close if there's a community outbreak.
• The Government is looking at letting thousands of migrant workers stay in New Zealand longer to ease their plight in the wake of unprecedented border closures. An announcement is likely to come next week as officials look at how many foreign workers this may affect.
• A public health expert compares Covid-19 to a ballistic missile. "Once launched, these things don't really change their course," says Professor Michael Baker, New Zealand's foremost epidemiologist. In this absorbing long read Coronavirus - How Covid-19 shook the world, Herald, science reporter Jamie Morton traces how the disease has changed our lives and brought the world to a virtual standstill.