Experts have been quick to reassure the public after the deaths aboard the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius, but images and turns of phrase have rekindled anxieties from Covid’s early days.

Lorne Warburton was placed on life support after he picked up the severe disease in 2023.

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A Taupō businessman who ripped off the Covid-19 Wage Subsidy system by more than $40,000 has lost his bid to get his sentence reduced. Reuben Crook appealed his case to the High Court at Rotorua last month,

A hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship has left three people dead and several others sick. Health officials in Arizona, California, Georgia, New Jersey, Texas and Virginia are monitoring residents for potential infections.

Hantavirus not like Covid, says doctor treating patient in Netherlands