[ad_1] Mayor Phil Goff says the government’s decision to keep Auckland at a Covid-19 alert level 2.5 is the right one and is asking city residents to continue to play their role in enforcing the rules. Auckland city center and hotel business groups have also recognized the need to protect …
Read More »Donald Trump reportedly despised America’s war dead as ‘losers’ and ‘fools’
[ad_1] A new report details multiple cases in which President Donald Trump made disparaging remarks about members of the U.S. military who have been captured or killed, including reference to Americans killed in the war in the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery. in France in 2018 as “losers” and “fools”. Trump said …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: 5 new cases as Jacinda Ardern reveals alert level call
[ad_1] New Zealand will remain at alert level 2 and Auckland at alert level 2.5 for at least 10 more days, says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. The Cabinet has decided to maintain the current alert levels and will review them again on Monday, September 14, when it will decide whether …
Read More »Judith Collins defends allowing the baby to suck on her hand: ‘Younger people rarely get Covid-19’
[ad_1] On Thursday opposition leader Judith Collins hugged babies, on Friday she adhered more strictly to social distancing. One of the babies she met at Ashburton the day before was 8-month-old Millie, who decided that Collins had a tasty-looking hand and quickly put it to her mouth. Although like Aucklander …
Read More »7 police officers suspended in the US for their role in the death of a black man
[ad_1] The mayor of New York’s third-largest city in the US suspended seven police officers involved in the suffocation death of a black man in March 2020 on Thursday (US time). Daniel Prude, 41, known to his Chicago family as “Rell,” died on March 30 when his family took his …
Read More »Sir Mark Solomon says he was told to ‘get rid of David Meates’
[ad_1] A former vice chairman of the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) says he was ordered to “get rid” of Canterbury’s chief of health, David Meates. In a speech at a private function to dismiss Meates, given to Stuff, Tā Mark Solomon recalled the leadership of the then Director General …
Read More »Kiwis could be wearing masks at work according to experts’ plan
[ad_1] Auckland residents would be wearing masks to work and school and still wouldn’t be able to leave the city under a Covid-19 “alert level 2.5” if a team of public health experts had their way. And in addition to alert level 1, the trio has proposed a transition house …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: How contained is the outbreak and how close are we to level 1?
[ad_1] ANALYSIS The current outbreak appears to be well contained, but it would be a bold and daring call to announce today that the country will move to level 1 next week. That is despite the nearly 300,000 tests that have been performed in recent weeks and the decreasing number …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: Maori are more likely to die from virus, new study finds
[ad_1] Maori are 50 percent more likely to die from Covid-19 than from Pākehā, a groundbreaking new study has found, with institutional racism partly to blame. The researchers, including experts in sociology, statistics, physics and cultural history, linked existing demographic and health data for ethnic groups in New Zealand with …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: confidence ahead of today’s cabinet meeting on alert levels
[ad_1] LAST VIRUS* 115 active cases in New Zealand, seven in hospital; there have been 26.1 million cases and 865,000 deaths worldwide* Maori are 50% more likely to die from Covid-19 than from PākehāDerek Cheng: How close are we, really, to level 1?* NZ’s answer still leads the world: Nobel …
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