Collected news stories, with a current focus on Covid-19 recovery
Newshub
"2020 has been a reminder of the perils of trying to time the markets."
People with history of significant allergic reactions told not to have Pfizer/BioNTech jab.
RNZ
Rich countries are hoarding doses of Covid vaccines and people living in poor countries are set to miss out, a coalition of campaigning bodies warns.
RNZ
Rich countries are hoarding doses of Covid vaccines and people living in poor countries are set to miss out, a coalition of campaigning bodies warns.
1 NEWS
Chris Hipkins won't say when the report will be made public.
U.S.
Companies and industry groups lobbying to get their U.S. workers to the front of the line for COVID vaccination are running into a patchwork of state plans and confusion over who is essential, and who is not.
Newsroom
Donald Rumsfeld once said it was the unknown unknowns that were the greatest risk. Dr Parmjeet Parmar examines that threat in Covid-19.
The Spinoff
In part four of Coming Home, hosts Duncan Greive and Jane Yee find out what returning to New Zealand this year was like – and why it didn't always go as smoothly as anticipated. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you usually listen to podcasts. Everyone we spoke to for this e
NZ Herald
Dick Brass talks to Dr Fauci about Covid and New Zealand's response.
RNZ
The Auckland Arts Festival was one of the first major arts events that took a a huge financial hit when Covid-19 struck. But, undeterred, the organisers have pivoted like crazy to come up with a programme for 2021. The theme is "Aroha" and all 70 plus events in the programme are homegrown: The Artistic Director of the 2021 Auckland Arts Festival Shona McCullagh talks with Lynn Freeman about what happened to the 2020 programme back in March.
RNZ
A number of Defence Force staff at managed isolation or quarantine facilities have been investigated for alleged misconduct.
Dunedin social agencies are bracing for a massive increase in demand from families facing a grim festive season, as a tough year comes to a close....
RNZ
Saliva-based Covid-19 tests could have many advantages over current nasal swabs; being potentially cheaper, quicker, easier, and safer for health workers. Recently returned expat New Zealander Dr Anne Wyllie is a medical microbiologist usually based at the Yale School of Public Health in New Haven, Connecticut. She and her colleagues have been working on SalivaDirect, a saliva-based PCR test that got US FDA emergency use authorization in August and has been attracting interest from around the world (including the NBA). Wyllie has been interested in the role of saliva as a diagnostic tool for the past decade: before the pandemic her research focussed on detecting bacteria linked with pneumonia, but the coronavirus has shifted priorities.
Newshub
All the latest on the pandemic from around the world overnight.
the Guardian
Chris Hipkins says it is understandable that other countries in much worse situations have fast-tracked approval
RNZ
A mega-Auckland homeware store, barely open five months, has been put into receivership.
NZ Herald
Researchers warn a rise in unemployment due to Covid could mean more heart attacks.
The Conversation
With a vaccine now approved in the UK, other countries won't be far behind. But a vaccine won't singlehandedly ensure the virus doesn't cross international borders when travel picks up.
Newsroom
A central ethical value in pandemic planning is kotahitanga - solidarity. If we do not do this together, we will not get through, writes Dr Ben Gray.
RNZ
The government is allowing isolation facilities to be overbooked so full capacity is reached even if there are last-minute cancellations or no-shows.
RNZ
Details of a New Zealand rollout of Covid-19 vaccines are being kept heavily under wraps, and are due to be announced soon.
RNZ
As job losses mount and Covid-19 support schemes wind down, budgeting services say there is no let up in the number people seeking help.
Stuff
The love story between two scientists was the catalyst for one of the greatest breakthroughs in the coronavirus pandemic.
Newsroom
Philip Hill estimates the pandemic will be over by the third weekend of September next year. Here he explains the global vaccination 'tapestry' that needs to take place in order for that to happen.
1 NEWS
ACT’s leader questioned why Kiwis may have to wait until March to get a jab.
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