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May 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Komesaroff, Professor of Medicine, Monash University The US government’s call for an international inquiry into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic has a clear political motive: to shift the blame for its own failure to respond effectively to the epidemic within its own borders. The finger-pointing ... <a title="Yes, we need a global coronavirus inquiry, but not for petty political point-scoring" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/16/yes-we-need-a-global-coronavirus-inquiry-but-not-for-petty-political-point-scoring-138020/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, we need a global coronavirus inquiry, but not for petty political point-scoring">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW As Australia begins to relax its COVID-19 restrictions there is understandable debate about how quickly that should proceed, and whether lockdowns even made sense in Australia in the first place. The sceptics arguing for more rapid relaxation of containment measures point ... <a title="The costs of the shutdown are overestimated — they’re outweighed by its $1 trillion benefit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/16/the-costs-of-the-shutdown-are-overestimated-theyre-outweighed-by-its-1-trillion-benefit-138303/" aria-label="Read more about The costs of the shutdown are overestimated — they’re outweighed by its $1 trillion benefit">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2020
By RNZ News It is essential for the health of people worldwide that a yet-to-be-discovered vaccine for covid-19 coronavirus is widely available, says former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark says. Clark told RNZ Morning Report there is growing concern that instead of vaccine being available globally it will become the monopoly of a very ... <a title="Former PM Helen Clark backs people’s vaccine as public good for covid-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/16/former-pm-helen-clark-backs-peoples-vaccine-as-public-good-for-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Former PM Helen Clark backs people’s vaccine as public good for covid-19">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2020
By Robert Baird in Dili Timor-Leste has no active cases of covid-19 for the first time since its first confirmed case on March 21, say health authorities. The Integrated Crisis Management Centre (CIGC) confirmed yesterday a 24th patient had recovered from the virus. A further four people, who returned “inconclusive” results, had been receiving treament at ... <a title="Timor-Leste now ruled free of active cases of covid-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/16/timor-leste-now-ruled-free-of-active-cases-of-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste now ruled free of active cases of covid-19">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
By Ardila Syakriah, Arya Dipa, Asip Hasani and Suherdjoko in Jakarta/Bandung/Blitar/Semarang Indonesia’s most populous island of Java has become the country’s epicentre of the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, prompting calls for heightened containment efforts, including by imposing large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in the entire region. All six provinces on the island, home to some 151 million ... <a title="Java on ‘red alert’ as coronavirus deaths spike in Indonesia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/java-on-red-alert-as-coronavirus-deaths-spike-in-indonesia/" aria-label="Read more about Java on ‘red alert’ as coronavirus deaths spike in Indonesia">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kath O’Brien, Lecturer – QUT – Faculty of Health (School Exercise & Nutrition Sciences), Queensland University of Technology Plans to kick-start the sporting season with a return to rugby league games later this month could be stalled by a row over referees. The NRL confirmed this week ... <a title="Two refs are better than one, so why does the NRL want to drop one?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/two-refs-are-better-than-one-so-why-does-the-nrl-want-to-drop-one-138722/" aria-label="Read more about Two refs are better than one, so why does the NRL want to drop one?">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Today’s first summary chart looks at reported Covid19 cases and deaths over the seven days to 14 May. It is sorted into a Covid19 ‘deaths league’. Sweden now leads the world for acknowledged Covid19 deaths, closely followed by United Kingdom and Belgium. While Netherlands is showing well below Sweden and Belgium, ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Covid19: Weekly Summary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/keith-rankins-chart-analysis-covid19-weekly-summary/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Covid19: Weekly Summary">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer MacLachlan, Epidemiologist, WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Many jurisdictions around the world are now testing people without symptoms as part of efforts to manage COVID-19. In Victoria, asymptomatic health-care workers have been part of the recent “testing ... <a title="The positives and negatives of mass testing for coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/the-positives-and-negatives-of-mass-testing-for-coronavirus-137792/" aria-label="Read more about The positives and negatives of mass testing for coronavirus">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon J Dennis, Director of Complex Human Data Hub and Professor of Psychology, University of Melbourne In late March, we posed a hypothetical scenario to a sample of Australians, asking if they would download a contact tracing app released by the federal government; 70% responded in favour. ... <a title="70% of people surveyed said they’d download a coronavirus app. Only 44% did. Why the gap?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/70-of-people-surveyed-said-theyd-download-a-coronavirus-app-only-44-did-why-the-gap-138427/" aria-label="Read more about 70% of people surveyed said they’d download a coronavirus app. Only 44% did. Why the gap?">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Narelle Yeo, Senior Lecturer in Voice and Stagecraft, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney On March 10 2020, Skagit Valley, Washington – a town with no known cases of COVID-19 – held a choir rehearsal. There was hand sanitiser at the door, no direct contact between ... <a title="A song in your heart shouldn’t lead to an infection in your lungs: reasons to get with online choirs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/a-song-in-your-heart-shouldnt-lead-to-an-infection-in-your-lungs-reasons-to-get-with-online-choirs-137705/" aria-label="Read more about A song in your heart shouldn’t lead to an infection in your lungs: reasons to get with online choirs">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fred Watson, Astronomer-at-Large, Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, Australian Astronomical Observatory In an international emergency like the present one, you might expect the science of the stars to be the last thing on people’s minds. The problems facing both individuals and governments are infinitely more ... <a title="Technology, international bonds, and inspiration: why astronomy matters in times of crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/technology-international-bonds-and-inspiration-why-astronomy-matters-in-times-of-crisis-138421/" aria-label="Read more about Technology, international bonds, and inspiration: why astronomy matters in times of crisis">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan talks with Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher (remotely) about the week in politics, including the fine line the government is walking between generating economic confidence and the sobering prospect of recession, Thursday’s unemployment figures, and the risk of a ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the climb down the mountain, unemployment and Jobkeeper, as well as Anthony Albanese’s ‘vision statement’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-climb-down-the-mountain-unemployment-and-jobkeeper-as-well-as-anthony-albaneses-vision-statement-138728/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the climb down the mountain, unemployment and Jobkeeper, as well as Anthony Albanese’s ‘vision statement’">Read more</a>
