The recently announced community cases of COVID-19 includes a young adult who visited several places while potentially infectious. Yesterday, the […]
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Auckland enters another lockdown – Expert Reaction
A new community Covid case with unusual symptoms in Auckland has sent the city into a 7-day lockdown. The city […]
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A year of COVID-19 in NZ – Expert Reaction
This Sunday marks one year since the Ministry of Health confirmed the country’s first case of COVID-19 infection. At the […]
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Mandatory masks on public transport – Expert Reaction
The nationwide rules around wearing face masks on public transport at Alert Level 1 will remain in place permanently. It […]
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Rolling out the Covid-19 vaccine – Expert Reaction
Vaccinators are expected to be the first people in New Zealand to get the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 jab today. Border and MIQ workers and […]
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How do the Covid-19 saliva tests stack up? – Expert Reaction
Calls are mounting for more saliva testing to be used in New Zealand, after the latest border incursion. There are […]
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Auckland to enter Alert Level 3 tonight – Expert Reaction
New Zealand will jump COVID-19 Alert Levels tonight in response to the three recently detected community cases in South Auckland. […]
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Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing explained – Expert Briefing
Scientists at an Australian biotechnology company explain the process of creating Covid-19 jabs that are likely to end up in […]
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Relaxing border restrictions by arrival country – Expert Reaction
Research contracted by the aviation sector models the effect of selectively relaxing our border restrictions depending on each country’s Covid-19 risk […]
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Medsafe approves NZ’s first Covid vaccine – Expert Reaction
The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (Comirnaty) has been provisionally approved for use by New Zealand’s medicines regulator. Medsafe has placed 58 conditions on […]
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