[ad_1] This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and republished with permission. Samoa is further restricting access by banning the entry of recovered Covid-19 travelers for six months after their infection. In order to travel, they must pass three exams seven days apart. In addition, they must take another Covid-19 …
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[ad_1] Blame Covid-19 travel restrictions or Brexit but whatever the cause, some British citizens trying to return home to various European countries over the weekend have been banned from boarding flights. The airlines rejected documents that before Brexit had been valid proof of the status of the British as residents …
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[ad_1] Gerry Marsden, the British singer who was instrumental in turning a song from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel in one of the great anthems of the football world, he has died. He was 78 years old. His friend Pete Price said on Instagram after speaking with Marsden’s family …
Read More »Covid-19: Dr. Anthony Fauci Rejects Trump’s Effort To Question Death Figures
[ad_1] Patrick Semansky “The deaths are real deaths,” Fauci said on ABC’s This Week. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, rejected US President Donald Trump’s Twilight Zone version of the Covid-19 outbreak, saying “don’t run from the numbers.” “The deaths are real deaths,” the doctor said Sunday …
Read More »Dad broke his ankles on a giant slide whose provider has a history of slide failure
[ad_1] Stuff Eric Gerritsen, pictured around the time he was fined $ 115,000 in Hamilton District Court, charged with obstructing a health and safety inspector who was investigating an incident involving one of his company’s inflatable slides. The man behind a company operating an inflatable slide in Whangamatā that spectacularly …
Read More »Covid-19: turning our bodies into vaccine factories
[ad_1] Marco Ugarte / AP It’s happening: Mexican military health workers expect to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in Mexico City last week. OPINION: As I write, it has been almost a year since the first reports emerged of the mysterious disease that we now know as Covid-19. Twelve months later, …
Read More »Tongue-tie: New Guidelines for Assessing and Treating Babies
[ad_1] The Ministry of Health has published new guidelines for evaluating and treating babies born with a frenulum. Tongue tie surgery involves cutting a thin piece of skin that connects the lower part of the tongue to the lower jaw. Photo: 123RF It arises from concerns raised by some healthcare …
Read More »Covid-19: UK Likely to Adopt Stronger Lockdown Measures As Coronavirus Mutation Rises
[ad_1] British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Sunday that more onerous lockdown restrictions are likely to be put in place in England in the coming weeks as the country reels from a new variant of the coronavirus that has pushed infection rates to its knees. highest levels recorded. Johnson, …
Read More »Covid-19: Taxpayers Spent Tens of Thousands on Security for People Who Isolate themselves at Home
[ad_1] Taxpayers spent tens of thousands of dollars providing private security to a handful of people arriving in New Zealand who were granted exemptions from Coviid-19-related border controls and allowed to isolate themselves in their homes. Despite costly security measures, information obtained under the Official Information Law showed that at …
Read More »Covid-19: Kiwis face months of wait to return home as border controls tighten
[ad_1] New Zealanders trying to return home face months-long waits for a spot at MIQ, as the country tightens its border controls in an effort to stem the arrival of a more communicable variant of the coronavirus. Health Director General Ashley Bloomfield said the new variant, known as B.1.1.7, was …
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