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It's the unwelcome guest that no one wants to talk about – Covid-19 may be below the radar now, but it hasn't gone away and is likely to claim 1,000 Kiwi lives this year.

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New Zealand Covid response saved 20,000 lives, study says

Government’s strategy, which included closing the border, meant death rate was 80% lower than in the US, according to the New Zealand Medical Journal

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Most restaurants say they won't make staff with Covid isolate

The restaurant industry lobby group says just two in five eateries responding to a survey on Covid-19 protocols plan to make infected staff stay home for five days in line with health advice.

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What Covid has in store for winter

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer say forewarned is forearmed when it comes to potentially spiking Covid numbers in the winter months

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Is NZ ready for the next pandemic?

H5N1 only sporadically infects humans - but it kills half of those who catch it. As the largest ever outbreak of the virus continues to rage, is New Zealand prepared?

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Political shortsightedness exposes NZ to roulette of risk

As the 2023 election draws closer, the University of Otago is getting behind the political spin to critically examine the issues facing Aotearoa. Part one argues this election year is an opportune time for parties to display commitment to building long-term thinking into policies and systems.

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NZ won’t impose entry restrictions on travellers from China

New Zealand will not require travellers from China to be tested for Covid-19, the Government has announced

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New Zealand announces inquiry into Covid-19 response

While strict Covid-19 response was broadly considered one of the most successful in the world, PM says inquiry will help prepare for next pandemic

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Covid becomes equal leading cause of death in New Zealand for first time

Analysis shows almost 15% of deaths in mid-July were due to Covid, with that figure likely to be an undercount

The Guardian - AU

New hope for children at risk of New Zealand’s most iniquitous disease

Potentially deadly, rheumatic fever has been eradicated in most of the developed world. Fresh research may help New Zealand finally follow suit

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Habitual mask-wearing is likely helping Japan, Singapore and South Korea bring daily Omicron deaths down, epidemiologists say

There is "a really quite important cultural difference" in Asia that epidemiologists suggest is having a dramatic impact on their daily rate of COVID-19 deaths.

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NZ has mask mandates and isolation, but the Omicron daily death rate is still 'very concerning'

New Zealanders are required to wear masks in supermarkets and shopping malls as the country battles its second wave of Omicron infections, but experts want the government to go even further.

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Encouragement the future in NZ COVID fight

Once credited with a world-leading COVID-19 response, New Zealand is battling its worst death rates from the virus and running out of ways to fight the pandemic

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New Zealand faces new Covid wave as experts say moving on from pandemic is ‘wishful thinking’

Signs that Omicron surge is becoming ‘more intense’, with cases rising steadily and more people in hospital than at any time since April

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Michael Baker obituary

Other lives: A key figure in Welsh theatre who co-founded Ritual and Tribal theatre, touring radical productions around Europe to great acclaim

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State worker charged in DUI crash that decapitated woman

Adriana Roman faces counts of aggravated DUI causing death and reckless homicide in the crash shortly after midnight Monday in the 3400 block of South California Avenue.

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The ‘zero-Covid’ approach got bad press, but it worked – and it could work again

The places that chose to pursue elimination suffered less overall. Unfortunately, few had the determination to do so, says science writer Laura Spinney

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Skokie man charged after cops find over $100,000 in drugs, cash at home

Officers searched 26-year-old Said Mahdi’s home Friday and uncovered $42,150 in cash, along with cocaine, cannabis, opioid painkillers and Xanax. Mahdi emigrated from Iraq during the U.S. occupation of the country.

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Analysts Cut BJ's Wholesale Club Price Target Post Q4 Results

Analysts slashed their price target on BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc (NYSE:BJ) following the release of Q4 results. Credit Suisse analyst Robert Moskow lowered the price target to $70 from $80 and kept an Outperform rating on the shares, implying a 24% upside. Moskow thinks the pullback in the stock after weak Q4 results is an…

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New Zealand ends isolation rules for vaccinated travellers from Australia as transmission rates soar

Change comes as NZ, virus-free for much of pandemic, records some of world’s highest transmission rates amid Omicron surge

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'Head in the sand': Govt's virus brinkmanship

As case numbers have skyrocketed, the only thing the Government has done is repeal restrictions, accelerating the pace of the outbreak.

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We’re underestimating Omicron’s spread – epidemiologist

A prominent epidemiologist contradicts the Prime Minister over the spread of Omicron

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Long read: How to prepare for Omicron

The Delta playbook won't be enough to slow Omicron, which still poses a serious threat to New Zealand's health system.

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As Omicron rages around the world, Ardern deploys an old tactic - delay

Jacinda Ardern says Omicron is ‘knocking at our door’ as the prime minister faces criticism over gaps in preparations for a Covid wave

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