New Zealand / Covid 19

Live: Covid-19 updates in New Zealand and around the world on 26 May

18:25 pm on 26 May 2020

As Covid-19 spreads around the world, it can be daunting keeping up with the information. For RNZ, our responsibility is to give you verified, up to the minute, trustworthy information to help you make decisions about your lives and your health. We'll also be asking questions of officials and decision makers about how they're responding to the virus. Our aim is to keep you informed.

Two Sydney schools have been closed after students tested positive for Covid-19.

Yesterday marked the first time all students across the state returned to classrooms on a full-time basis.

The two schools are independent and located less than two kilometres away from each other in Sydney's east, near Bondi.

They will both be deep-cleaned before reopening.

Students who came into close contact with their infected peers will need to self-isolate for two weeks.

  • If you have symptoms of the coronavirus, call the NZ Covid-19 Healthline on 0800 358 5453 (+64 9 358 5453 for international SIMs) or call your GP - don't show up at a medical centre

Read back through the day's events on RNZ's daily Covid-19 blog: