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March 22, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Ashwin Swaminathan, Australian National University It seems not a day goes by without learning someone in our inner circle of family, friends and colleagues has covid. When we ask how unwell our acquaintance is, the responses vary from “they’re really crook” to “you wouldn’t even know they had it”. This is in line ... <a title="Covid diagnosis: Could I have had the virus and not realised?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/22/covid-diagnosis-could-i-have-had-the-virus-and-not-realised/" aria-label="Read more about Covid diagnosis: Could I have had the virus and not realised?">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2022
RNZ News An Auckland nurse says a lucrative incentive payment has not fixed the city’s dire hospital staffing shortage in Aotearoa New Zealand’s current covid-19 outbreak. Nurses, midwives and others employed by the region’s district health boards (DHBs) have been entitled to an extra $500 on top of their normal pay for extra shifts overnight. ... <a title="Auckland hospitals put most care on hold, incentives fail to fix covid crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/auckland-hospitals-put-most-care-on-hold-incentives-fail-to-fix-covid-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland hospitals put most care on hold, incentives fail to fix covid crisis">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. In a few countries – already noted – there has been a recent rise in deaths that may be due to omicron-covid. In many other countries there has not been a notable rise in excess deaths, despite rises in recorded deaths with Covid19. Chile Chile’s omicron-wave of covid looks more like ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Ages of People Dying in excess numbers during the Omicron Wave of Covid19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/17/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-ages-of-people-dying-in-excess-numbers-during-the-omicron-wave-of-covid19/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Ages of People Dying in excess numbers during the Omicron Wave of Covid19">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand’s Ministry of Health has reported 19,542 new cases of covid-19 in the community and 24 more deaths today. The ministry said eight people had died with covid-19 yesterday, while a further 16 people had died in the past three weeks. “Local public health authorities have notified these deaths to the ministry ... <a title="NZ reports 24 more covid deaths, 19,542 new cases – minister positive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/17/nz-reports-24-more-covid-deaths-19542-new-cases-minister-positive/" aria-label="Read more about NZ reports 24 more covid deaths, 19,542 new cases – minister positive">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. One of the important indicators of a society’s living standards is the ability of its people to stay alive. Covid19 is seen as a problem mainly because, like the road toll, it represents a cause of death that has the potential to reduce that society’s life expectancy. Deaths averted may indeed ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – New Zealand Mortality before and during Covid Times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/15/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-new-zealand-mortality-before-and-during-covid-times/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – New Zealand Mortality before and during Covid Times">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2022
SPECIAL REPORT: By Tim Brown, RNZ News reporter Police will not give details about finances and their investigation into the New Zealand protest against covid-19 public health measures which occupied Parliament’s grounds and surrounding streets. Large sums of money traded hands during and leading up to the 23-day occupation, but it is unclear how it ... <a title="Parliament protest: Questions remain on funding sources and where it went" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/14/parliament-protest-questions-remain-on-funding-sources-and-where-it-went/" aria-label="Read more about Parliament protest: Questions remain on funding sources and where it went">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2022
RNZ News It is too early to say New Zealand has peaked, and declining tallies are no reason to celebrate as covid-19 is still rife in our communities with a record eight deaths reported in a day, an epidemiologist says. University of Auckland professor Rod Jackson said the coronavirus is occurring so frequently right now ... <a title="Declining NZ covid-19 case counts – but record deaths and more to come" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/14/declining-nz-covid-19-case-counts-but-record-deaths-and-more-to-come/" aria-label="Read more about Declining NZ covid-19 case counts – but record deaths and more to come">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2022
RNZ News The number of people with covid-19 who have died in New Zealand has now reached 105, with 14 deaths reported in the past two days. There are more than 206,000 active cases of covid-19 in the community, with another 18,699 new community cases reported today. The Ministry of Health announced seven further deaths ... <a title="NZ’s covid-19 death toll reaches 105, but it ‘could have been thousands’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/13/nzs-covid-19-death-toll-reaches-105-but-it-could-have-been-thousands/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s covid-19 death toll reaches 105, but it ‘could have been thousands’">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2022
RNZ News Auckland health authorities remain cautiously optimistic that the omicron outbreak may have peaked in the country’s biggest city, even though 601 of the 856 people in hospital with covid-19 are in Auckland. Clinical leads Dr Andrew Old, Dr Anthony Jordan and Dr Christine McIntosh at the Northern Region Health Coordination Centre gave details ... <a title="‘Remain vigilant’ warning from Auckland health leaders as record 7 covid deaths reported" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/12/remain-vigilant-warning-from-auckland-health-leaders-as-record-7-covid-deaths-reported/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Remain vigilant’ warning from Auckland health leaders as record 7 covid deaths reported">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. This summary, of reported cases of people testing positive for Covid19, and deaths recorded of people with Covid19, is the first to include New Zealand. Reported Positive Cases: All Countries (except Turkmenistan and North Korea) Most countries in this list are experiencing a covid-omicron wave of cases, but have relatively few ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 in 2022: First Week of March" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/10/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-in-2022-first-week-of-march/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 in 2022: First Week of March">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand’s Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Royal NZ College of General Practitioners president Dr Samantha Murton gave a briefing today on the government’s response to the omicron outbreak as hospital cases continue to climb. The daily number of new community cases has dropped slightly today to 21,015 community cases, but ... <a title="‘It’s still going to be messy’ warning as NZ hospital covid cases climb" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/10/its-still-going-to-be-messy-warning-as-nz-hospital-covid-cases-climb/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s still going to be messy’ warning as NZ hospital covid cases climb">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2022
RNZ News The United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has raised its travel advisory warning on travel to New Zealand. The CDC updated its travel warning to “level four: very high” for travel to New Zealand due to covid-19 cases, of which today alone there was 23,894 new cases recorded. According to the ... <a title="US warns against travel to NZ due to rising level of covid-19 cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/09/us-warns-against-travel-to-nz-due-to-rising-level-of-covid-19-cases/" aria-label="Read more about US warns against travel to NZ due to rising level of covid-19 cases">Read more</a>
