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News: tagged with "disease"

• Have a safe as summer

  Posted: Thursday, December 8, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: health, disease, advice, summer
  The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) recently released the weather predictions for summer and it’s looking pretty good. Most of the motu will experience average or above average temperatures, without excessive rainfall

• Access to COVID-19 antiviral medication

  Posted: Wednesday, December 7, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disease, support
  There were 34,528 new COVID-19 cases reported in New Zealand in the week to 4th December 2022. Of these cases, 9099 or 26 percent were reinfections, or people contracting COVID-19 for the second, third (or more) time

• Protect yourself against Legionnaires’ Disease this spring

  Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: public health, gardens, safety, disease
  Te Mana Ora | Community and Public Health media release: 27th September 2022 Spring is the perfect time to be out in the garden

• Kiwis urged to ‘Stick it to hep C'

  Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: prevention, disease, campaign, intervention
  Beehive media release: 28th July 2022 Today Associate Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall is launching a national hepatitis C awareness campaign to mark World Hepatitis Day

• Outpatient appointments postponed to free up staff for acute care

  Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: health, services, disease, care, immunisation, vaccination
  Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury media release: 14th July 2022 New measures to alleviate the pressure on health services in Waitaha are being put in place, says Interim District Director - Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury Dr Peter Bramley

• Multiple winter illnesses placing pressure on health system

  Posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disease, vaccination, immunisation, health, services, care
  Canterbury District Health Board media release: 7th June 2022 Canterbury has now recorded more than 155,000 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began - with almost 1000 new cases recorded today

• Take part in the Sex and Prevention of Transmission Study

  Posted: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: survey, sexuality, disease, Rainbow
  Tēnā koe. The NZ AIDS Foundation needs members of the rainbow community to take the Sex and Prevention of Transmission Study (SPOTS) survey

• New mask exemption card to remove uncertainty

  Posted: Wednesday, April 27, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: identity, disease, prevention
  Beehive media release: 27th April 2022 People who have genuine reasons for not being able to wear a face mask can access a new personalised exemption card from the end of May, Minister for COVID-19 Response Chris Hipkins and Minister for Disability Issues

• Influenza vaccinations now available

  Posted: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disease, immunisation
  Canterbury DHB media release: 4th April 2022 There may be higher rates of influenza in New Zealand this winter with our borders reopening

• More COVID medicines for most at-risk New Zealanders

  Posted: Thursday, March 31, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disease, medical
  Beehive media release: 31st March 2022 New Zealand is boosting its comprehensive suite of medicines to treat COVID-19 with the arrival in the country of one medication, Paxlovid, and the securing of access to the country’s first pre-exposure prophylactic

• New COVID-19 testing centre to open in Rangiora

  Posted: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disease
  Canterbury DHB media release: 1st March 2022 An additional drive-through COVID-19 testing site will be set up at Waimakariri Hockey Turf (291 Coldstream Road) in Rangiora

• Cantabrians urged to make bookings to get their boosters

  Posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disease, vaccination, immunisation
  Canterbury DHB media release: 21st February 2022 Cantabrians are being urged to make bookings to get their boosters as soon as they become eligible, says Tracey Maisey, Incident Controller, Canterbury DHB Emergency Coordination Centre

• New COVID-19 testing centre opens in Wigram

  Posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disease
  Canterbury DHB media release: 21st February 2022 An additional drive-through COVID-19 testing site has been set up in Wigram to help meet high public demand for testing

• New Zealanders advised to get boosted and keep doing the basics well

  Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: prevention, disease, immunisation, vaccination
  Ministry of Health media release: 16th February 2022 The best thing New Zealanders can do as we move into Phase 2 of our response to the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is get boosted and give each other some space, said Director General of Health, Dr Ashley

• Red wheelie bin best place for used masks

  Posted: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, disease
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 8th February 2022 Christchurch residents can help stop single-use face masks from becoming a litter problem by taking used masks home with them and putting them in the red wheelie bin

• Surgical masks introduced for all DHB staff and visitors

  Posted: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: prevention, disease, health, services
  Under the RED setting, it’s business as usual with surgery and outpatient appointments going ahead, and only minor changes expected for visiting hours at Canterbury DHB hospitals

• Bookings strongly recommended for tamariki COVID-19 immunisations

  Posted: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: immunisation, children, vaccination, disease
  Parents or caregivers of 5 to 11-year-olds can now get their tamariki immunised against COVID-19, says Dr Helen Skinner, Senior Responsible Officer for the COVID-19 response, Canterbury DHB

• Boaties and kayakers reminded to use a loo this summer

  Posted: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, prevention, safety, disease, recreation, hygiene
  Environment Canterbury media release: 15th December 2021 As the weather warms up and more people head to our lakes, people are being reminded to use the public toilets provided – including boaties and kayakers

• Seven key points you should know about COVID-19 vaccines

  Posted: Thursday, October 28, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disease, immunisation, vaccination
  The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners has been working with epidemiologists, and infectious disease and vaccine experts to cut through the misinformation that is circulating about COVID-19

• NZ Health Survey: Provisional COVID-19 health and wellbeing data

  Posted: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 in: Resources and Information With tags: survey, Report, data, wellbeing, disease, health
  Ministry of Health media release: 10th February 2020 The Ministry of Health has today published provisional results of the 2020/21 New Zealand Health Survey specific to how people’s health and wellbeing have been impacted by COVID-19

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