[ad_1] Britain’s government is banning gatherings of more than six people in England as officials try to control daily new coronavirus infections. This came after a sharp spike across the UK that has been largely attributed to young adults going to parties and ignoring social distancing rules. Downing Street said …
Read More »2020 Vote: National Leader Judith Collins Wants Royal Commission of Inquiry into Whaakari / White Island Disaster
[ad_1] National leader Judith Collins says she would launch a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Whakaari / White Island disaster that killed 21 people from four countries. “I think he deserves it, it’s a huge loss of people and huge injuries to other people whose lives were saved. I …
Read More »Covid-19: Oxford coronavirus vaccine trial on hold
[ad_1] Ricardo Ceppi / Getty Images AstraZeneca confirmed that the Covid-19 vaccine trial had been voluntarily stopped after an unexplained illness in a British participant. Late-stage studies of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 candidate vaccine are temporarily on hold while the company investigates whether a patient suffered a serious side effect or if …
Read More »Freshwater Fishermen Say Trout Farming Could Threaten ‘Billion Dollar’ Sport Fishing Industry
[ad_1] Gibson said that while there were no recent estimates of the value of the country’s freshwater sport fishing industry, he believed it was worth “more than a billion dollars” a year. “New Zealand is known internationally as [being] among the top two or three destinations in the world for …
Read More »Coronavirus: Auckland Maori Health Service Worker Infected
[ad_1] The risk to other workers who have not been identified as close contacts is “very low”. That is also the case for employees who work for other organizations in the same building. Promote health is located in Henderson, just south of St Dominic’s Catholic College, which on Tuesday was …
Read More »Auckland Bus Driver Tests Positive for Covid-19 | 1 NEWS
[ad_1] An Auckland bus driver tested positive for Covid-19. Your playlist will load after this announcement. Dr. Bloomfield says that no passengers are considered close contacts of the driver, who wore a mask and had no symptoms. Source: 1 NEWS The driver works on the Northern Express service. Chief Health …
Read More »Ardern Says “Frustrating” Some Covid-19 Sufferers Don’t Fully Reveal Their Close Contacts | 1 NEWS
[ad_1] Jacinda Ardern says it is “frustrating” that some people have not been fully open with contact tracing teams, after new cases of Covid-19 emerged outside of isolation. Your playlist will load after this announcement. The prime minister said that other countries have had similar problems in contact tracing Covid-19 …
Read More »Routes taken by coronavirus-positive Auckland bus driver
[ad_1] The Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) confirmed that the driver did not interact with the passengers because they used the back door to enter and exit the bus. He also said that the case is connected to the Auckland groups and that the driver did not contract COVID-19 …
Read More »Coronavirus: Government Announces New Border Waivers, Changes to Resident Visas
[ad_1] Border exceptions for partners from countries with visa exemption New Zealand citizens or residents here who have been separated from their partners who are Australian citizens or citizens of visa-exempt countries living outside the country will now also be able to reunite. Under current border restrictions, partners of New …
Read More »2020 Election: Grant Robertson’s Tax Policy Is Not About Taxes Or Debt
[ad_1] ANALYSIS: Labor’s fiscal policy is not really about paying the cost of Covid-19. At the end of Thursday, just over a day after the policy was announced, the government will head to the market to borrow another $ 950 million, well above the $ 550 million that Labor plans …
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