[ad_1] Singapore has suspended the use of Zoom for online education after hackers hijacked a lesson and displayed obscene images to students. In what is known as “zoombombing,” two hackers interrupted a geography lesson a day after Singapore closed schools on Wednesday with partial closure measures to help curb local …
Read More »Boris Johnson’s father says British Prime Minister needs “rest”
[ad_1] Boris Johnson’s father says the British prime minister needs time to recover from the new coronavirus and is unlikely to return to work imminently. The UK leader spent three nights in the intensive care unit at St. Thomas Hospital in London after his COVID-19 symptoms worsened. He was transferred …
Read More »Singapore halts Zoom for online education as hackers attack
[ad_1] Singapore has suspended the use of Zoom for online education after hackers hijacked a lesson and displayed obscene images to students. In what is known as “zoombombing,” two hackers interrupted a geography lesson a day after Singapore closed schools on Wednesday with partial closure measures to help curb local …
Read More »Coronavirus: ‘disaster tourists’ reserve night away from home during closure
[ad_1] The owner of an apartment in Auckland is giving up his property to people during the coronavirus blockade. Robert Murphy manages the Auckland central building and said he had counted five groups of guests coming and going since the closure began. The past three nights they had seen three …
Read More »Covid-19 coronavirus blockade: Australian Health Minister Brad Hazzard responds to NRL plans to return to the 2020 season
[ad_1] Australian Health Minister Brad Hazzard revealed that the Government of New South Wales has not granted NRL authorization to restart its 2020 season, and has had no official communication with the code for four weeks. The Federal Government and the Queensland Government have also spoken out to realign the …
Read More »Covirus 19 coronavirus: Kiwi companies adopt the government wage subsidy scheme
[ad_1] The Warehouse, Kmart, debt collectors, McDonald’s, Destiny Church, Fletchers, and New Zealand Rugby now have the common wage subsidy scheme. With more than $ 7 billion already paid, a search of the registry shows that many of New Zealand’s largest and best-known companies have not been immune to the …
Read More »Coronavirus Checkpoint: Tension, Love and Relief as Motorists Share Their Good Friday Stories
[ad_1] There was occasional tension, relief, and confusion as motorists at a police checkpoint near the Auckland-Waikato border told their stories and hoped he would be let through. One of those who told him to stop and wait near Maramarua on Easter Friday was Jake from Pukekohe. He said that …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: New Zealand has recorded its second coronavirus-related death; 44 new cases
[ad_1] New Zealand has recorded its second coronavirus-related death. The death was of a woman in her 90s, who died at Burwood Hospital in Christchurch. There are 44 new cases of Covid-19, of which 23 are confirmed cases and 21 are probable. Deputy Director of Public Health Dr. Caroline McElnay …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: Waikato Hospital nurses ‘told to remove PPE’ before positive Covid-19 results, says New Zealand Nurses Organization
[ad_1] The Waikato Hospital nurses who hired Covid-19 donned protective gear to treat a patient with respiratory symptoms, but were told to remove their masks and gowns, their union says. A Waikato DHB spokesperson told the Herald that a formal complaint had not been received, but had requested details of …
Read More »Covid-19: Great Barrier Island food supplies taken by visitors – residents
[ad_1] Chris Skelton Great Barrier Island. Kelly Klink of Ngāti Rehua Ngātiwai ki Aotea said that some visitors were coming ashore and using the island’s scarce resources, including ordering groceries from the island. Ships from the mainland continue to arrive on the Great Barrier Island, says one resident, pressuring the …
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