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![Focus Morning Bulletin: 4 October, 2022](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Focus Morning Bulletin: 4 October, 2022
Aged care sector calls out for help, FBoy Island to air despite controversies and police step down after football match stampede in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
![Final day of DHBs: New organisation in charge of your healthcare from tomorrow](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Final day of DHBs: New organisation in charge of your healthcare from tomorrow
Doctors wait 'with bated breath' to see impact of DHB shakeup
!['Health crisis': Healthcare workers flood Toni Street with messages about stretched system](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'Health crisis': Healthcare workers flood Toni Street with messages about stretched system
Workers are burnt out, working double shifts and moving to Australia for better pay.
![Focus Live: Ayesha Verrall, Ashley Bloomfield host Covid update](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Focus Live: Ayesha Verrall, Ashley Bloomfield host Covid update
New Covid-19 Response Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall said alongside Director-General of Health Dr Ashely Bloomfield that lockdowns and border closures would still be a last resort. Video / Mark Mitchell
![Healthcare exodus: How much more nurses can earn in Australia](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Healthcare exodus: How much more nurses can earn in Australia
The Australian healthcare sector is offering better pay and other perks.
![Focus: Hospitals under 'extreme pressure' as winter ills mount](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Focus: Hospitals under 'extreme pressure' as winter ills mount
As hospitals experience "extreme pressure" with "abnormally high" patient presentations, NZ Nurses Organisation co-president Kerri Nuku calls on the Government to act. Video / NZ Herald
![Covid reinfection within 90 days rare but possible, new health advice says](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Covid reinfection within 90 days rare but possible, new health advice says
Older Kiwis and those with high-risk conditions should remain vigilant about reinfection.
![Coroner urges review of hospital transfers after patient's death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Coroner urges review of hospital transfers after patient's death
The coroner has discovered a series of bungles after Ian Bell's early prostate surgery.
![Covid-19: 98 new cases as Aucklanders flock to cafes and cricket pitches](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Covid-19: 98 new cases as Aucklanders flock to cafes and cricket pitches
Aucklanders are celebrating their freedoms with community cricket and cafe breakfasts.
![F&P Healthcare H1 profit down 2%, beats market expectations](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
F&P Healthcare H1 profit down 2%, beats market expectations
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare has released its first half result.
![Private hospitals start closing their doors to unvaccinated patients and visitors](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Private hospitals start closing their doors to unvaccinated patients and visitors
NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association boss says more hospitals could follow suit.
![Green Cross, PEP withdraw from Tamaki Health deal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Green Cross, PEP withdraw from Tamaki Health deal
Greencross and PEP have withdrawn from a deal to buy Tamaki Health.
![Covid deaths at home: Don't delay calling for medical help, health bosses say](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Covid deaths at home: Don't delay calling for medical help, health bosses say
Daughter says her dad died painfully at home after being told his symptoms were normal.
![Premium: The health tech to be used in NZ's first self-managed isolation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Premium: The health tech to be used in NZ's first self-managed isolation
Co-founder of health tech company Seki.ai John Mamea Wilson explains the tech that will keep Sir Ian Taylor and potentially thousands of others safe in self-managed isolation. Video / NZ Herald
![Howick College cleaner Covid-positive, school to open on Monday](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Howick College cleaner Covid-positive, school to open on Monday
The risk to students has been deemed low by public health teams.
![Covid detected in wastewater samples in Napier, Gisborne](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Covid detected in wastewater samples in Napier, Gisborne
Health teams urging anyone with cold or flu symptoms to get tested.
![Summer blues: Rhythm & Vines music festival in doubt?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Summer blues: Rhythm & Vines music festival in doubt?
Tens of thousands of Kiwis may miss out on festival if Gisborne doesn't hit vax target.
![Live: Record high Covid cases - fears of secret spreading, pressure on health system](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Live: Record high Covid cases - fears of secret spreading, pressure on health system
Cases number are only trending up. Will Government's traffic light system cope?
![Check vax rates in your DHB: is Wellington just two weeks from 90pc double-jabbed?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Check vax rates in your DHB: is Wellington just two weeks from 90pc double-jabbed?
Christchurch rushes to vaccinate, Northland is nine weeks away and Auckland inches ahead.
![Unvaxxed teachers to be barred from schools, learning centres from Nov 15](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Unvaxxed teachers to be barred from schools, learning centres from Nov 15
Those who go onsite despite restrictions will be committing an offence, the MoE says.
![Northland likely eight or more weeks away from 90 per cent vax target](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Northland likely eight or more weeks away from 90 per cent vax target
Auckland seems to be a minimum four weeks off being 90pc double-jabbed.