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Stuff
While the numbers are lower than during the pandemic it is 'still a significant public health burden'.
The virus is spread by mosquitoes and causes fever and joint pain, similar to dengue fever.
Stuff
âExcess deathsâ lined up with waves of coronavirus in 2022 and 2023, says expert report.
The fifth and final day of evidence in Auckland included testimonies from mandated industries, nursing, and midwifery sectors and researchers.
Health NZ said the latest person who had fallen ill had been isolating to prevent any spread of the disease.
RNZ
The hearings will include testimonies from mandated industries, nursing and midwifery sectors and researchers.
The new subvariant was designated a “variant under monitoring” by the WHO in late June.
Newsroom
Comment from the University of Auckland: With phase 2 of the Covid inquiry underway it's essential that in science and in governance we learn from mistakes
One leader said they didn't think vaccine mandates would work in the future.
Associate Professor Julie Bennett, from the university's Department of Public Health, said long-term symptoms could affect children's ability to participate in daily activities and attend school.
AP News
In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran rampant in America.
RNZ
New Zealand is one the last places in the world where H5N1 has not yet been detected.
Stuff
As the years tick by from the 2020 epidemic, what does the future of the Covid-19 virus actually look like?
GPs say they've seen busy winter periods before and the system is ready to cope.
The Conversation
Vaccine hesitancy isn’t a moral failure – it’s a property of a system in which people must balance personal and collective interests.
"It's as if the infections in schools is like, setting off a train of dominoes that there's this wave right through the community every winter," she said of existing Covid-19 outbreaks.
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