The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

New Zealanders are about to enjoy cautiously relaxed COVID restrictions under the country’s COVID-19 Protection Framework, starting from this weekend.

Here's your TL;DR for this morning's news.

CEO David Beech says 'recent events' have held the business back from delivering a stronger performance

New Zealand’s Omicron wave may be peaking, but we’ll continue to record thousands of new cases each day and most people who test positive or are hospitalised with COVID will have been vaccinated.

Daily COVID-19 cases in NSW have again surged to more than 20,000 as the new Omicron sub-variant spreads rapidly and four more people with the virus have died.

DEAR DOCTORS: I had the Omicron variant of Covid-19, and even though it was mild, I'm not back to normal. I am tired all the time, my joints ache and my sense of smell is still gone. I've been told that this could be long Covid-19. I thought that only…

The latest Government data shows the new Omicron sub-variant is putting the pressure back on the North East's hospitals

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Experts unanimously back continued mask use and most say mandates should stay even after Omicron peaks.