Wastewater testing could also be used to rule out infection in the South Island: Expert.

There are 21 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today, bringing the total number of people infected in the outbreak to 72. One million New Zealanders are now fully vaccinated.

Health workers vaccinate patients who have arrived at Dunedin's first drive-thru vaccination centre. Video / Craig Baxter

"New Zealanders should have no doubt that the National Party backs the science." - Collins

Woman has to wait a month after her vaccine appointment was cancelled without notice.

There are more than 200 locations of interest - and more are expected today.

If a lone tumbleweed had drifted across Dunedin’s George St yesterday, it would not have seemed out of place. Video / ODT

A daily wrap of all the main developments in the Covid-19 Delta outbreak as New Zealand is plunged into lockdown for the fifth time. Video / NZ Herald

A daily wrap of all the main developments in the Covid-19 Delta outbreak as New Zealand is plunged into lockdown for the fifth time. Video / NZ Herald

August 17 2021 The Covid-19 wage subsidy will be available to businesses across the country, not just Auckland and Coromandel.

“The biggest non-event in the history of the world” Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking & Kate Hawkesby get the Covid jab. Video / Newstalk ZB

New system will keep the sector accountable.

The risk is particularly high during overnight shifts, the resident medical officers say.

Cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) have exploded across the country, leaving some affected children in intensive care and hospitals forced to expand capacity. Video / NZ Herald

Amaroq Therapeutics has raised $14m to develop a technology it hopes will lead to "next-generation" cancer therapy drugs with fewer side-effects. Video / Supplied

Opinion: Vaccination in one region has been delayed by at least two months.

The Government is considering mandatory QR scanning in "high-risk" locations such as bars and restaurants, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

There have been more than 750,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine administered so far, an increase of 107,000 in the last week.

While the service won't be at full capacity for a while 22 patients will be treated today.

The data-matching system where the Government checks whether MIQ workers are properly tested failed to detect the case of the Grand Millenium security guard, who should have been tested fortnightly but wasn't tested for five months

Ministry of Health still trying to reach five Melbourne returnees.

Waikato DHB's IT centre was the target of a major cyber security attack. Video / Waikato DHB

Director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said stronger public measures - like level 2.5 - might have to be new norm once the borders open. Video / Mark Mitchell

OPINION: History shows that pay suppression is bad policy. It's also bad politics.

The first flights from Sydney are due to touch down again this afternoon.

Most people dying from Covid in India cannot even get into a hospital.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins announces that NZ has surpassed 300,000 vaccines delivered and set new daily records for dosage numbers. Video / Derek Cheng