After being in operation for 28 months, and fielding nearly 300,000 phone calls, Erie county is pulling the plug on a service that was a sign of the COVID times.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Calls to Healthline s hotline spike following Northland case
25 Jan, 2021 04:51 AM
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NZ Herald
Calls to Healthline s dedicated Covid-19 information line have more than quadrupled in recent days, leading to increased wait times for callers.
A 56-year-old woman from Northland tested positive for Covid-19 after completing the required 14 days of managed isolation at the Pullman Hotel in Auckland.
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Before developing symptoms, she travelled to a number of places around the southern part of Northland.
A full list of those locations, including two new shops - Carpet Court and Farmers in Whangarei - is at the bottom of this story.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Thousands await test results, Australia halts travel bubble
25 Jan, 2021 07:23 PM
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• Covid-19 has now claimed 2.13 million lives worldwide, with a total of 99.3m cases.
• Meanwhile NZ health officials are investigating a case of the virus in the community - a woman, 56, who was infected in a managed isolation facility with the South African strain.
• Australia swiftly halted its travel bubble with NZ after news of the latest case.
Thousands of people who have had Covid-19 tests in the past two days should get their results today.
This will give a clearer picture whether the virus has spread after a 56-year-old woman tested positive for Covid-19 after leaving managed isolation in Auckland travelling widely in Northland.