The booster rollout continues with more than 27,770 booster doses administered across the motu yesterday. With Omicron spreading rapidly in New Zealand, it is important everyone who is eligible gets a booster dose, which greatly reduces your chances of getting severely ill and requiring hospital care if you test positive for COVID-19.
This will reduce COVID-19 hospitalisations and ensure there is capacity in our health system for anyone who needs care. If it has been three months since your last dose, please book your booster today.
Testing reminder The Ministry of Health continues to stress the importance of the right people being tested for the right reasons.
Over the last week, a significant number of concerned people who don’t need a test are going to get a test – those are people who don’t have any COVID-19 symptoms and are not a contact of a case.