[ad_1] There are two new cases of Covid-19, one in the community. One case is from abroad and tested positive in controlled isolation. The case of the community is a woman in her adolescence who was already isolating herself. She is a family contact, epidemiologically linked to the mourning subgroup …
Read More »Countries should learn from Covid-19 strategy and New Zealand ‘bubbles’: Lancet study
[ad_1] New Zealand’s Covid-19 elimination strategy and “bubbles” have been praised by international experts who have implored other countries to follow suit. In the report, published in The lancet, Scholars from the National University of Singapore and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, as well as former Prime …
Read More »Covid-19: Why Governments Are Wrong About Coronavirus
[ad_1] In the coming days, the deaths registered worldwide by Covid-19 will exceed one million. Perhaps another million have not registered. Since the start of the pandemic, nine months ago, weekly cases registered by the World Health Organization have had a very slow upward trend and, in the seven days …
Read More »Racism Row: University of Waikato Maori Staff Accusations of Institutional Racism Find ‘Incorrect, Inaccurate’ Review
[ad_1] Accusations of institutional racism at the University of Waikato by Maori staff arose after it was discovered that two high-level academics were “not meeting standards” about using hundreds of thousands of dollars on a key project, according to a review. But one of the original whistleblowers of systemic racism …
Read More »2020 election: nation vows to break cone of silence on child abuse
[ad_1] CHRISTEL YARDLEY / things National spokeswoman for social development Louise Upston released the party’s Families and Children policy in Hamilton on Friday. National promises to crack down on those who are silent about child abuse, but admits that punishing offenders will not be an easy exercise. National MP Louise …
Read More »Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern makes turf ‘unfit for purpose’ West Coast Health Center
[ad_1] Supplied Artist’s impression of the new Buller Integrated Family Health Center. A long-promised new health center in Westport is not fit for purpose, according to a community health advocate. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern converted the first turf of the $ 20 million Buller Integrated Family Health Center (IFHC) in …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: New Zealanders reflect on six months since shutdown
[ad_1] By RNZ’s Harry Lock Today six months ago, the country was completely blocked in response to the Covid-19 pandemic that is hitting the world. At 11:59 p.m. on March 25, the country went to alert level 4, introducing some of the strictest public health measures in the world. Now, …
Read More »Covid-19: Taupō’s business defends itself against abuse following news of cases visit
[ad_1] This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and republished with permission. Businesses in Taupō say they were shocked when they learned that a family who visited them recently had tested positive for Covid-19, and most have reopened after a deep cleaning of their facilities. One company said it had …
Read More »Joe Biden’s low-key campaign style worries some US Democrats
[ad_1] The final leg of a US presidential campaign is usually an uninterrupted combination of travel, caffeine, and adrenaline. But as the worst pandemic in a century hits the United States, Joe Biden is taking a more low-key approach. Since choosing California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate on …
Read More »Covid-19: Government ‘may toughen regime’ after positive test after isolation
[ad_1] New Zealand’s managed isolation protocols can be “beefed up”, after a man tested positive for Covid-19 after coming out of isolation. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed that an evaluation of the isolation protocols was underway as she campaigned on the West Coast today. “What we are doing is making …
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