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GP shortage: Rural medical centre with six overseas-born GPs says 'impossible' to recruit in NZ

A regional medical practice says there should be a "seamless" pathway for migrant GPs.

Trying to solve a Covid mystery: Africa's low death rates

New York Times: Experts are divided over the strange case of sub-Saharan Africa.

The great purge: Gordon Ramsay's massive swipe at 'crap restaurants'

The celebrity chef says the pandemic taught the food industry to 'raise their game'.

Focus Morning Bulletin: 24 March, 2022

Gathering limits increase but why not everyone’s satisfied, evacuations continue on the flood-ravaged East Coast and black box found from China Eastern plane crash in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Seeing red - Hosking grills Hipkins on traffic lights, 200 indoor limit, PM's press conference style

Vaccine passes and most mandates will be dropped from April 4.

Crisis point as DHBs grapple with health staff shortages

Thousands of health staff around NZ are off work with Covid, leaving others overworked.

Unvaxxed teachers could remain barred from some jobs

Schools told they can still require Covid-19 vaccination for certain roles.

Editorial: Is the PM reacting to political polls?

OPINION: Our editorial on the role public opinion plays in setting the Covid response.

Mike Hosking: 'Rot setting in' - why Labour is losing in the polls

OPINION: Handed a crisis, the Govt made too many mistakes and not enough apologies.

Education sector sees 'silver lining' in removing vaccine mandates

There are mixed views and apprehension from some as the vaccine mandates are to be lifted.

Hillary Clinton tests positive for Covid; Bill quarantining

Hillary Clinton tests positive for Covid 19, Bill Clinton tested negative.

Covid-19: What to expect from Omicron BA.2's rise and rise in NZ

BA.2 is on track to all but squeeze its Omicron cousin out of Covid-19 circulation in NZ.

Covid-19: Blanket vax pass mandates now 'much less effective' - modeller

Covid-19 modeller backs Govt's rationale for ending the need for blanket vaccine passes.

Local Focus: Reporting amid the 'new normal'

Here's how Wairarapa Times-Age reporters have adapted to working from home.

Most Covid patients in Omicron outbreak are vaccinated, but that's no reason to doubt vaccine benefits

Hospitalisations and deaths are much more reliably counted than cases.

Here's what we can still do to limit Covid infections

Vaccine passes and mandates have finally come to an end - but Covid-19 is still a risk.

Mysterious 'super cold' hits Australia

Reports of a horrendous virus surging in Oz with symptoms very similar to Covid 19.

Focus Live: Vaccine passes and mandates end April 4

From 11.59pm on Monday 4 April, vaccine passes will not longer be required. The Government will not require mandates in education, police or Defence Force workers and those workplaces using them.