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Bid to delay COVID-19 community transmission as long as possible behind expanded testing plans 

Some GPs say they don’t have enough personal protective equipment to cope with COVID-19, despite the supplies sent on the Ministry of Health’s instructions

The army may be needed to bolster the COVID-19 pandemic health workforce, a public health expert says

General practices are preparing in a variety of ways for the risks posed by assessing potential COVID-19 cases. Our journalists take a look at some of the plans 

Government COVID-19 support to primary care – announcement expected in the next few days 

Cardiology data comparing DHBs is expected to be made public by June, more than five years after a journalist’s request for surgeon-specific data ‘threw the DHBs into a spin’ 

A focus on relationships and kindness has rained success down on Adrian Tucker as the “superstar” winner of the ACC Supreme Award in the inaugural New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora

29 December 2019 – Chinese authorities advise WHO of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause, originating in Wuhan, Hubei province

In responding to the multi-country epidemic of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health is taking advice from a specially convened committee of experts

WONCA is postponed, officials are sending masks to general practices and the country has four cases of COVID-19