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- Canterbury DHB media release: 16th March 2022
Nine additional rapid antigen test (RAT) collection sites will open at pharmacies across Canterbury today
- Canterbury DHB media release: 14th March 2022
As the number of active cases of Omicron continues to rise in our community, more Canterbury DHB staff are contracting COVID-19 and having to isolate
- Tēnā koe. The NZ AIDS Foundation needs members of the rainbow community to take the Sex and Prevention of Transmission Study (SPOTS) survey
- Several NZ universities are collaborating to bring together national and international speakers, to share their learnings about how best to support people experiencing ongoing symptoms following a COVID-19 infection, including those with Post-Acute COVID-
- 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
- Canterbury DHB media release: 4th April 2022
There may be higher rates of influenza in New Zealand this winter with our borders reopening
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- You’ll give your children love in lots of ways so could protection from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) be one of them? Midwives from the University of Otago Christchurch are looking for local pregnant women to take part in this international vaccine st
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Stay safe from COVID-19 during the summer. This guidance from the Ministry of Health can help you prevent or minimise the spread of COVID-19 during what can be a busy social period.
Download these COVID-19 key summer health messages [PDF]
- Christchurch City Council Newsline: 30th November 2021
People visiting many of Christchurch City Council’s public facilities will need to show their My Vaccine Pass when the city moves to the new COVID-19 Protection Framework on Friday 3rd December
- Canterbury DHB media release: 1st November 2021
It’s important Cantabrians who have any COVID-19 symptoms – no matter how mild – seek a test with the Ministry of Health confirming the detection of COVID-19 in two new wastewater samples collected in Christ
- 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
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