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Latest information on COVID-19 – Expert Reaction
A second case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in New Zealand, in a person who had travelled to northern Italy. […]
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A new study highlights the role of live poultry markets in the spread of avian influenza. Since it was identified […]
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After spreading across the globe for months, the first case of COVID-19 has been reported in New Zealand. The Ministry […]
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The government is committing $23 million to give MMR jabs to about 300,000 young people, and rebuild the National Immunisation Register. […]
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The New Zealand government is going against World Health Organization recommendations by restricting entry to passengers from mainland China. The […]
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Kiwis currently in Wuhan will be evacuated in a joint Australian-New Zealand operation, as a novel strain of coronavirus continues […]
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The novel coronavirus continues to spread, with the World Health Organization reporting that the virus has killed 81 people and infected […]
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The novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, may have come from snakes according to an evolutionary analysis of the virus. Research published in […]
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Six people have died and hundreds more have been infected in the novel coronavirus outbreak in China. As of this morning, […]
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