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October 31, 2021
RNZ Pacific Tonga’s Prime Minister is urging people on the main island of Tongatapu to use the weekend to prepare for a potential lockdown next week after the kingdom’s first covid-19 case was confirmed. The positive case was a passenger on a repatriation flight from Christchurch with 215 other people on Wednesday. The passengers from ... <a title="Prepare for potential lockdown over covid case, says Tongan PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/31/prepare-for-potential-lockdown-over-covid-case-says-tongan-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Prepare for potential lockdown over covid case, says Tongan PM">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The first chart shows excess deaths in Germany for every year from 2015. (The chart is essentially the one that can be found here, on the Our World in Data website, though it uses three-period moving averages to smooth out some of the ‘random noise’ that inevitably accompanies such time-series data. ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 deaths, the German case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/30/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-deaths-the-german-case/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 deaths, the German case">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand has reported 125 new covid-19 cases in the community today — including two new cases in Christchurch, the Ministry of Health says. There was no covid-19 media conference for lockdown updates today. In a statement, the ministry said the two Christchurch cases were expected and linked community cases, both from a ... <a title="125 new NZ covid cases in community – two in Christchurch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/30/125-new-nz-covid-cases-in-community-two-in-christchurch/" aria-label="Read more about 125 new NZ covid cases in community – two in Christchurch">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2021
RNZ News The New Zealand government revealed changes to MIQ (managed isolation and quarantine) today, with stays halving from 14 to seven days, followed by isolation at home for three days. Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield gave today’s update on the government’s response to the Delta outbreak. There ... <a title="Stays in MIQ to be halved under NZ’s new system – 89 community cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/28/stays-in-miq-to-be-halved-under-nzs-new-system-89-community-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Stays in MIQ to be halved under NZ’s new system – 89 community cases">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2021
Analysis Keith Rankin. In its pandemic response, the New Zealand government has consistently been tardy, and then found itself playing catch-up, having to ‘go hard’ (indeed a ‘world-leading’ hardest) on account of its lack of preparedness. Further, having gone hard, there has always been an ambivalence about when the emergency period is over; an unwillingness ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19: Revaccinate Now, and address Influenza too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/28/keith-rankin-analysis-covid19-revaccinate-now-and-address-influenza-too/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19: Revaccinate Now, and address Influenza too">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Sydney Indonesia’s popular tourism islands of Bali opened for tourism last week, while Thailand announced that from November 1 vaccinated travellers from 19 countries will be allowed to visit the kingdom including its tourism island of Phuket. Both those countries’ tourism industry, which is a major revenue earner, has been ... <a title="As Asia ‘lives with covid-19’, media may need to be less adversarial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/28/as-asia-lives-with-covid-19-media-may-need-to-be-less-adversarial/" aria-label="Read more about As Asia ‘lives with covid-19’, media may need to be less adversarial">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. These charts are of the type that I have published approximately monthly. Last time, three weeks ago, the key covid places were clearly the Caribbean and the Balkans. This time, while these two regions are important pandemic sites, there is clearly a new outbreak beginning in the European Union, starting from ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Latest Outbreaks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-latest-outbreaks/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Latest Outbreaks">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
By Sam Olley, RNZ News reporter Ngāti Whātua kaitiaki remain in bolstered numbers at the border between Tāmaki Makaurau and Te Tai Tokerau to stop protesters getting through. Together with Navy and police staff at Te Hana, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua has turned around about 50 people from anti-vax and anti-lockdown groups throughout this ... <a title="Kaitiaki block ‘particularly dangerous’ anti-vax protesters at Auckland border" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/kaitiaki-block-particularly-dangerous-anti-vax-protesters-at-auckland-border/" aria-label="Read more about Kaitiaki block ‘particularly dangerous’ anti-vax protesters at Auckland border">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
By Grace Auka-Salmang in Port Moresby National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has announced that there will not be a total lockdown of Port Moresby. He said the decision was made after much deliberation with key stakeholders in the city and the national government. “Instead we will focus on maintaining and upgrading the three-pronged approach ... <a title="Port Moresby backs off ‘total’ lockdown in city, says Governor Parkop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/port-moresby-backs-off-total-lockdown-in-city-says-governor-parkop/" aria-label="Read more about Port Moresby backs off ‘total’ lockdown in city, says Governor Parkop">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The above chart of New Zealand weekly deaths since 2015 clearly shows the impact of winter influenzas and pneumonias on the mortality landscape of New Zealand. 2017 was a particularly bad year, with a substantially increased mortality in July of that year. 2016 was a particularly good year for mortality in ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 and its impact so far on New Zealand Mortality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-and-its-impact-so-far-on-new-zealand-mortality/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 and its impact so far on New Zealand Mortality">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand has reported 79 new community cases of covid-19 today. Of the new cases, 75 are in Auckland and four are in Waikato. Forty six of these cases are linked, including 24 household contacts, and 33 remain unlinked. There is also one new case at the border. There was no 1pm conference ... <a title="79 new community covid cases in NZ – 75 in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/79-new-community-covid-cases-in-nz-75-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about 79 new community covid cases in NZ – 75 in Auckland">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2021
RNZ Pacific The Vanuatu covid task force has confirmed that two arrivals from New Caleldonia have covid-19. But the organisation says Vanuatu remains free of any community transmission of the virus. Health officials are endeavouring to trace contacts from the airport to the Ramada Hotel where the two positive ni-Vanuatu nationals are now currently being ... <a title="Two covid cases arrive from New Caledonia at border in Vanuatu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/two-covid-cases-arrive-from-new-caledonia-at-border-in-vanuatu/" aria-label="Read more about Two covid cases arrive from New Caledonia at border in Vanuatu">Read more</a>
