Case is not being included in official Covid-19 death toll pending further investigations

A patient diagnosed with Covid-19 has died at a New Zealand hospital, the Ministry of Health has confirmed, after being transferred from a managed isolation facility for treatment of a separate, serious health condition last week.

The person, whose death was not yet being included in New Zealand’s official Covid-related death toll, was diagnosed with the virus after their admission to North Shore hospital in Auckland.

Continue reading…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

Ukraine: why is there dispute over the UK Home Office’s refugee plans?

Whitehall’s response has been accused of being slow and ‘lacking humanity’ in…

I have your back, Rishi Sunak tells farmers at NFU conference

Sunak becomes first PM to address conference since Gordon Brown in 2008,…

Give teachers in England a deal similar to nurses to avoid strikes, says union

Dr Patrick Roach of NASUWT calls on education secretary Gillian Keegan to…

Government confirms plan to scrap two-week cancer wait targets in England – UK politics live

Currently two-week wait target is not being met as government says new…