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April 19, 2022
By Giff Johnson, RNZ Pacific correspondent Covid-19 testing of Marshall Islanders in managed quarantine has seen the largest number test positive for covid-19 since managed repatriation started nearly two years ago. Seven out of a repatriation group of 72 people tested positive for the coronavirus last Friday, according to a government announcement issued late Friday ... <a title="Marshall Islands gets largest number of covid border cases in Kwajalein" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/19/marshall-islands-gets-largest-number-of-covid-border-cases-in-kwajalein/" aria-label="Read more about Marshall Islands gets largest number of covid border cases in Kwajalein">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2022
RNZ News Covid-19 restrictions for all of New Zealand will ease from midnight tonight but a leading epidemiologist says the country is divided over its risk From 11.59pm tonight, all of New Zealand moves into the orange traffic light setting, Covid-19 Reponse Minister Chris Hipkins announced today. He said the change in alert levels was ... <a title="NZ moves to orange: Experts respond to change in traffic light settings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/15/nz-moves-to-orange-experts-respond-to-change-in-traffic-light-settings/" aria-label="Read more about NZ moves to orange: Experts respond to change in traffic light settings">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. These charts show reported cases and deaths for the week ending 10 April. We have now reached a stage where the world has largely moved on from the Covid19 pandemic, so ‘official’ recording is far from the diligent process that existed for most of the last two years. Throughout the pandemic, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: ‘Official’ Cases and Deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/13/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-official-cases-and-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: ‘Official’ Cases and Deaths">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2022
PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea’s Police Commissioner David Manning — who is also head of the country’s Covid-19 National Control Centre — has placed United Nations agencies on notice that they must reveal how they have spent virus emergency funding over the past two years. Manning said Prime Minister James Marap and other Members of ... <a title="PNG police chief demands covid-19 emergency funding reports from UN" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/12/png-police-chief-demands-covid-19-emergency-funding-reports-from-un/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police chief demands covid-19 emergency funding reports from UN">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Richie Poulton, University of Otago; Avshalom Caspi, Duke University, and Terrie Moffitt, Duke University Most people welcomed the opportunity to get vaccinated against covid-19, yet a non-trivial minority did not. Vaccine-resistant people tend to hold strong views and assertively reject conventional medical or public health recommendations. This is puzzling to many, and the ... <a title="Vaccine resistance has its roots in negative childhood experiences, major NZ study finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/10/vaccine-resistance-has-its-roots-in-negative-childhood-experiences-major-nz-study-finds/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccine resistance has its roots in negative childhood experiences, major NZ study finds">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2022
RNZ News Aotearoa New Zealand’s outgoing Director of Public Health says the quick sharing of scientific information and the widespread use of masks have both been critical parts of the country’s public health response. Dr Caroline McElnay, who is leaving the role shortly, presented the regular covid-19 update with Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield ... <a title="‘It was clear sharing information was key,’ says resigned NZ public health chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/08/it-was-clear-sharing-information-was-key-says-resigned-nz-public-health-chief/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It was clear sharing information was key,’ says resigned NZ public health chief">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2022
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent Health workers in Aotearoa New Zealand are thanking Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield for his work stopping the ailing health system from collapsing in the covid-19 pandemic — and for saving lives. They say they can relate to him needing a rest. Dr Bloomfield leaves his job ... <a title="Health chief’s resignation: ‘He felt the pressure along with the rest of us’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/08/health-chiefs-resignation-he-felt-the-pressure-along-with-the-rest-of-us/" aria-label="Read more about Health chief’s resignation: ‘He felt the pressure along with the rest of us’">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2022
By Stephen Forbes, Local Democracy reporter A leading epidemiologist says Aotearoa New Zealand has no idea how many community cases of covid-19 there are in the country because so many people are not recording their rapid antigen test (RAT) results. LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTING University of Auckland Professor Rod Jackson said an upgrade of the testing ... <a title="Leaked memo raises questions over NZ Health Ministry’s daily covid-19 cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/08/leaked-memo-raises-questions-over-nz-health-ministrys-daily-covid-19-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Leaked memo raises questions over NZ Health Ministry’s daily covid-19 cases">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2022
RNZ News Aotearoa New Zealand’s Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield — the man who has tirelessly steered the country’s covid-19 pandemic response for the past two years — is stepping down from his role at the end of July. Public Service Commissioner Peter Hughes revealed Dr Bloomfield’s decision in a statement today. Dr Bloomfield ... <a title="NZ’s Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield to step down from role" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/nzs-director-general-of-health-ashley-bloomfield-to-step-down-from-role/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield to step down from role">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2022
RNZ News Aotearoa New Zealand will remain at the red covid-19 traffic light setting, says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Ardern made the announcement at today’s post-cabinet media briefing. She said the rolling average of cases had declined 36 percent in the two weeks since the government refined the traffic light system. There had been early ... <a title="New Zealand to remain at red covid-19 traffic light setting amid pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/new-zealand-to-remain-at-red-covid-19-traffic-light-setting-amid-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand to remain at red covid-19 traffic light setting amid pandemic">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2022
RNZ Pacific The first female premier of a Solomon Islands province is appealing to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to help her country manage covid-19 in the community. People travelling between Honiara and Isabel Province were being tested for the virus at four testing centres, and if they test positive they were isolated at ... <a title="First female premier of a Solomons province pleads for NZ covid funds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/first-female-premier-of-a-solomons-province-pleads-for-nz-covid-funds/" aria-label="Read more about First female premier of a Solomons province pleads for NZ covid funds">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
In spite of a record 34 covid-related deaths being reported in New Zealand today, Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay says it is encouraging to see an overall and sustained drop in case numbers. “For three days last week, case numbers were reported at over 20,000 … today’s case number is up a bit ... <a title="NZ public health chief encouraged in spite of 34 covid deaths and ‘Mexican wave’ cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/nz-public-health-chief-encouraged-in-spite-of-34-covid-deaths-and-mexican-wave-cases/" aria-label="Read more about NZ public health chief encouraged in spite of 34 covid deaths and ‘Mexican wave’ cases">Read more</a>
