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Panel says country should also continue to pursue ambitious Covid elimination strategy, even after border reopens
The Spinoff
From Covid success story to delta tragedy, Australia's most populous state reveals the perils of complacency in the face of a highly infectious variant. It also likely means the end of the travel bubble as we knew it. Justin Giovannetti reports. New South Wales' experience with Covid-19 had been ve
The Spinoff
In some rural areas of Canterbury, mana whenua working alongside the University of Otago have created safe spaces for Māori to get vaccinated against Covid-19 on their own marae. When you arrive at the Tuahiwi Marae, north of Christchurch, old-school pop hits greet visitors at the door. The sound
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Eliminating the virus worldwide is more "theoretically feasible" than for polio, according to Otago University epidemiologists.
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Chris Hipkins is on The AM Show.
The Conversation
Different groups of researchers give different predictions. And it’s easy to be bewildered, especially if you’re in lockdown and looking for answers. Here’s what to make of it all.
the Guardian
Head of Oxford Vaccine Group rules out overall immunity, but also questions need for booster jabs
RNZ
Covid-19 vaccinations will open to people over 50 from Friday, earlier than had been planned, the government has announced.
NZ Herald
The deterioration of unvaccinated patients is 'progressive and relentless', doctor says.
NZ Herald
The risk of unvaccinated port workers is underlined by Covid-infected ships arriving here.
RNZ
Crew members aboard a container ship currently at sea off the coast of Tauranga have tested positive for Covid 19.
RNZ
A public health expert says the highly transmissible Delta variant of Covid-19 could prompt a local lockdown with even one community case in New Zealand.
RNZ
Eight days into the new month and there is not much evidence of any improvement to Fiji's Covid-19 situation.
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Stuff reports: Health officials are “in the market” for annual Covid-19 booster shots for emerging variants of the virus. In the market? That means we have ordered none so far. Have they learnt nothing from our slowest in the OECD rollout of the main vaccine? You need to order quickly, not after months of bureaucratic blungling. We’ve […]
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Her comments come as experts say Kiwis aren't using the COVID Tracer app enough, increasing the risk of lockdown.
Newshub
There are signs that people who have been vaccinated may be able to transmit Delta as easily as those who have not.
Newshub
Here's the latest on the pandemic from around the world overnight.
Stuff
Mandating scanning in at high-risk locations and vaccinating essential workers should be a priority to prepare NZ for the Delta variant, expert says.
AP NEWS
LONDON (AP) — Further evidence emerged on Friday to show that the latest outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.K. has eased, with the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 falling across most parts of the country.
RNZ
When Air China Flight CA910 touched down at the Chinese city of Nanjing on 10 July, it was carrying more than just a planeload of passengers.
RNZ
It appears anyone over 16 who wants to get the Covid-19 vaccine in Auckland can, just by finding a clinic that is taking walk-ins.
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"We will not reopen that bubble until we believe it is safe to do so," Jacinda Ardern said.
Stuff
People could get annual Covid-19 vaccines, akin to the flu shot, the Director-General of Health says.
RNZ
Thousands of people are expected to turn up to New Zealand's first rural mass Covid-19 vaccination event at Stratford today and tomorrow.
The Spinoff
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Kiwi scientists about why we are seeing vaccinated people contracting Covid-19 and why it’s vital to get vaccinated.
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