Media Releases – NZ Ministry of Health

• 2 new cases of COVID-19
  Media release19 September 2020There are two new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today; the first has been detected in a recent returnee in a managed isolation facility and the second is a community case.   The source of the community case is still being investigated.   In the meantime, Auckland Regional Public […]
• No new cases of COVID-19
  Media release18 September 2020There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today. There are 54 people linked to the community cluster who remain in the Auckland quarantine facility, which includes 22 people who have tested positive for COVID-19 and their household contacts. Today there are four people in hospital with COVID-19 […]
• 7 new cases of COVID-19
  Media release17 September 2020Note: this media release was corrected at 4 pm. Five cases previously identified as having been in managed isolation in Hamilton were actually in Auckland when tested. They are now in the Auckland quarantine facility. There are seven new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today, all detected in recent returnees […]
• Medsafe warns consumers not to consume coffee product marketed for weight loss
  Media release17 September 2020Medsafe has published a privileged statement issued by the Director-General of Health under section 98 of the Medicines Act 1981. This statement is issued as an alert to warn consumers of the dangers of consuming a product marketed for weight loss, weight management or to improve mood, under the branding Elevacity Elevate […]
• 1 new case of COVID-19
  Media release16 September 2020There is one new case of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today, detected in a recent returnee in a managed isolation facility. There are no new community cases. Today’s new case is a woman in her 30s who arrived from Dubai on September 9, who is related to the three cases […]
• Reviews of managing infectious disease outbreaks
  Media release16 September 2020Work is underway to further strengthen New Zealand’s management of communicable disease outbreaks in response to recommendations from two newly published reports. Today, the Ministry of Health is releasing two reports it commissioned into this year’s influenza immunisation campaign and last year’s measles outbreak in Auckland. ‘It’s vital we learn lessons from […]
• COVID-19 media update, 16 September
  News article16 September 2020The Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield will provide an update on COVID-19 at 1.00 pm today.
• Medsafe Takes Action to Prevent the Supply of Illegally Marketed Medicine Linked to Liver Harm
  Media release15 September 2020Medsafe has withdrawn its prosecution of Promisia Integrative Ltd in relation to its product Arthrem, in return for an agreement that will see the product removed from supply. The settlement means Promisia accepts it breached the Medicines Act and will now cease manufacturing, advertising and selling Arthrem which has been linked to […]
• 3 new imported cases of COVID-19
  Media release15 September 2020There are three new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today – all detected in recent returnees in managed isolation facilities. There are no new community cases. The three cases are a man in his 30s and two children who arrived together from Dubai on September 9. They have been […]
• 1 new case of COVID-19
  Media release14 September 2020There is one new community case of COVID-19 to report today.  The case is a female child who is epidemiologically linked to an existing case associated with the Botany sub-cluster which has been genomically linked to the Auckland cluster.  The child has been in isolation since August 30 due to being a […]