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August 23, 2020
By RNZ News NZ Post has stood down staff who worked the day shift at an Auckland parcel processing centre after two positive tests linked to the facility. In a statement, NZ Post chief operating officer Mark Stewart said staff at the processing centre in Highbrook would be stood down on full pay. New Zealand’s ... <a title="NZ postal staff stand down after co-workers’ positive tests – 6 new cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/23/nz-postal-staff-stand-down-after-co-workers-positive-tests-6-new-cases/" aria-label="Read more about NZ postal staff stand down after co-workers’ positive tests – 6 new cases">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2020
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby The Papua New Guinea government will not allow the use in the country of any vaccine to treat the covid-19 coronavirus which has not been approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO), an official says. National Pandemic Response Controller David Manning issued a new order this week requiring that ... <a title="PNG bans covid ‘vaccination’ – orders probe into Chinese worker claim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/22/png-bans-covid-vaccination-orders-probe-into-chinese-worker-claim/" aria-label="Read more about PNG bans covid ‘vaccination’ – orders probe into Chinese worker claim">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2020
By Sela Jane Hopgood, RNZ Pacific Journalist A call has been made to members of the Pacific community in New Zealand to check on loved ones during the current Auckland lockdown and to remember there is no stigma or shame in getting tested for covid-19. Dr Jemaima Tiatia-Seath, co-head of the School of Māori Studies ... <a title="‘Covid-19 knows no ethnicity, so don’t stigmatise,’ says Komiti Pasefika" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/22/covid-19-knows-no-ethnicity-so-dont-stigmatise-says-komiti-pasefika/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Covid-19 knows no ethnicity, so don’t stigmatise,’ says Komiti Pasefika">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. This week’s chart shows the most current Covid19 outbreaks, including all the little countries. As in March 2020, some of these are the worst affected. It also gives lie to the claim that New Zealand is advantaged by being an island country. In the gold and silver position are Aruba and ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Covid-19 in the Peak of the Northern Hemisphere Tourist Season" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-covid-19-in-the-peak-of-the-northern-hemisphere-tourist-season/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Covid-19 in the Peak of the Northern Hemisphere Tourist Season">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics. This week the pair discuss a letter of intent signed by the Australian government to ensure distribution of a possible ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on a possible vaccine, Australia’s wine industry, and next week’s parliamentary sitting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/video-michelle-grattan-on-a-possible-vaccine-australias-wine-industry-and-next-weeks-parliamentary-sitting-144881/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on a possible vaccine, Australia’s wine industry, and next week’s parliamentary sitting">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Partlett, Associate Professor, University of Melbourne The headlines are grim. Alexei Navalny, a key leader of the Russian opposition, is currently fighting for his life in a coma after allegedly being poisoned in Siberia. A medical team from Germany is en route to the hospital today ... <a title="Alexei Navalny has long been a fierce critic of the Kremlin. If he was poisoned, why now? And what does it mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/alexei-navalny-has-long-been-a-fierce-critic-of-the-kremlin-if-he-was-poisoned-why-now-and-what-does-it-mean-144847/" aria-label="Read more about Alexei Navalny has long been a fierce critic of the Kremlin. If he was poisoned, why now? And what does it mean?">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Welch, Senior lecturer, University of Auckland Genome sequencing — mapping the genetic sequences of the virus from confirmed COVID-19 cases in a bid to track its spread — is now an integral part of New Zealand’s coronavirus response. It is providing greater certainty in identifying clusters ... <a title="Genome sequencing tells us the Auckland outbreak is a single cluster — except for one case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/genome-sequencing-tells-us-the-auckland-outbreak-is-a-single-cluster-except-for-one-case-144721/" aria-label="Read more about Genome sequencing tells us the Auckland outbreak is a single cluster — except for one case">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Kaufman, Research Fellow, Vaccine Uptake Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute This week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the Australian government has signed an agreement to produce a COVID-19 vaccine under development at the University of Oxford, if safety and efficacy trials are successful. After initially saying ... <a title="5 ways we can prepare the public to accept a COVID-19 vaccine (saying it will be ‘mandatory’ isn’t one)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/5-ways-we-can-prepare-the-public-to-accept-a-covid-19-vaccine-saying-it-will-be-mandatory-isnt-one-144730/" aria-label="Read more about 5 ways we can prepare the public to accept a COVID-19 vaccine (saying it will be ‘mandatory’ isn’t one)">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Parlett, Associate Professor, University of Melbourne The headlines are grim. Alexei Navalny, a key leader of the Russian opposition, is currently fighting for his life in a coma after allegedly being poisoned in Siberia. A medical team from Germany is en route to the hospital today ... <a title="Alexey Navalny has long been a fierce critic of the Kremlin. If he was poisoned, why now? And what does it mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/alexey-navalny-has-long-been-a-fierce-critic-of-the-kremlin-if-he-was-poisoned-why-now-and-what-does-it-mean-144847/" aria-label="Read more about Alexey Navalny has long been a fierce critic of the Kremlin. If he was poisoned, why now? And what does it mean?">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shauna Murray, Associate Professor; Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney Oysters are filter feeders, extracting nutrients from the water, so that makes them very susceptible to water pollution such as that from bushfires. We are trying to understand how ash from the 2019-20 bushfires has affected ... <a title="Ah shucks, how bushfires can harm and even kill our delicious oysters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/ah-shucks-how-bushfires-can-harm-and-even-kill-our-delicious-oysters-131294/" aria-label="Read more about Ah shucks, how bushfires can harm and even kill our delicious oysters">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cooper Schouten, Project Manager – Bees for Sustainable Livelihoods, Southern Cross University How do bees make honey? Finn, age 7, Sunshine Coast, Queensland Hi Finn, that’s a sweet question! Well, when we talk about “bees”, we’re usually referring to the European honey bee (its scientific name is ... <a title="Curious Kids: how do bees make honey?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/curious-kids-how-do-bees-make-honey-143450/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how do bees make honey?">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Freeman, Dermatologist, Associate Professor, Bond University As the pandemic progresses, we’re growing increasingly aware COVID-19 affects multiple parts of the body beyond the lungs. That includes the skin. We’ve seen reports of skin symptoms ranging from “COVID toes” to hair loss, and different types of rashes. ... <a title="8 ways the coronavirus can affect your skin, from COVID toes, to rashes and hair loss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/8-ways-the-coronavirus-can-affect-your-skin-from-covid-toes-to-rashes-and-hair-loss-144483/" aria-label="Read more about 8 ways the coronavirus can affect your skin, from COVID toes, to rashes and hair loss">Read more</a>
