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ACC claim code: Dental Consultation by Telehealth for COVID-19
Update on resuscitation training requirements and responses during COVID-19, and ACC claim code
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COVID-19 update: Gowns at alert level 2 and price setting
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New Zealand COVID-19 alert levels announced
Prime Minister announces COVID-19 alert levels
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New Zealand COVID-19 alert level 2 announced for Auckland
New Zealand COVID-19 alert level 2 announcement for Auckland
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Extended waiver for prescribing to 23 December 2020
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Update on Alert level 3 guidelines for oral health practitioners
New rules for electronic prescriptions to support virtual care in the community during COVID-19
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Auckland moves to COVID-19 alert level 3, rest of NZ to level 2, for three days
Auckland moves to COVID-19 alert level 2, rest of NZ to level 1
Auckland moves to COVID-19 alert level 1 from 11.59pm Monday 22 February
Consultation outcome on the 2021/22 budget, fees and levies
Auckland moves to COVID-19 alert level 3, rest of NZ to level 2, for seven days
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Auckland moves to COVID-19 alert level 2, rest of NZ to level 1
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