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July 6, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Michael Toole, Burnet Institute While Australians may be focused on the havoc the Delta variant is wreaking on our shores, Delta is in fact driving waves of covid infections all around the world. With the World Health Organisation (WHO) warning Delta will rapidly become the dominant strain, let’s take a look at this ... <a title="Why is Delta such a worry? It’s more infectious, probably causes more severe disease, and challenges our vaccines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/06/why-is-delta-such-a-worry-its-more-infectious-probably-causes-more-severe-disease-and-challenges-our-vaccines/" aria-label="Read more about Why is Delta such a worry? It’s more infectious, probably causes more severe disease, and challenges our vaccines">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2020
By Dr Crispin Maslog in Manila As fake news on Covid-19 spreads faster than the virus, scientists call for a halt to the “infodemic”. As China admits that the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) is now the worst public health crisis that the country has faced since its founding, a group of scientists has sent out a ... <a title="Scientists call for media sobriety amid Covid-19 fake news ‘infodemic’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/11/scientists-call-for-media-sobriety-amid-covid-19-fake-news-infodemic/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists call for media sobriety amid Covid-19 fake news ‘infodemic’">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2020
By RNZ News A man has died of the Wuhan coronavirus outside China, and any foreign travellers who leave from or transit through China will be refused entry to New Zealand from tomorrow. A 44-year-old Chinese man from the city of Wuhan, where the new coronavirus was first detected, died today in hospital in the ... <a title="NZ to shut out foreign travellers from China – first death outside mainland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/02/nz-to-shut-out-foreign-travellers-from-china-first-death-outside-mainland/" aria-label="Read more about NZ to shut out foreign travellers from China – first death outside mainland">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2020
Video report by RNZ Pacific. RNZ Pacific’s Jamie Tahana reports In the Pacific, where several countries are already dealing with epidemics, some countries have taken extreme measures to try and halt the spread of the new coronavirus. While authorities say the risk of an outbreak remains low, little is being left to chance – especially ... <a title="Coronavirus: Pacific Islands ‘fighting a war’ on epidemics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/30/coronavirus-pacific-islands-fighting-a-war-on-epidemics/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus: Pacific Islands ‘fighting a war’ on epidemics">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2020
Rappler editorial It’s not the virus. It’s not the Chinese flying into the Philippines. Our biggest enemy amid the Wuhan crisis is panic. Here’s the situation: a new strain of the coronavirus has caused an outbreak in the city of Wuhan in central China. It has so far killed 106 people and infected more than ... <a title="Our biggest enemy amid the Wuhan virus outbreak – panic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/29/our-biggest-enemy-amid-the-wuhan-virus-outbreak-panic/" aria-label="Read more about Our biggest enemy amid the Wuhan virus outbreak – panic">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2020
By RNZ News The unexpected death of a person in New Zealand who recently travelled to China is being investigated for coronavirus, but a local district health board says virus is unlikely the cause. The novel coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV, has infected 2800 people and killed at least 80 in China. The outbreak is believed ... <a title="NZ investigates person who died after travelling to China for coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/28/nz-investigates-person-who-died-after-travelling-to-china-for-coronavirus/" aria-label="Read more about NZ investigates person who died after travelling to China for coronavirus">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand health authorities are following up reports of a person with coronavirus in the southern New Zealand tourism city of Queenstown. The novel coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV, has infected 2800 people and killed at least 80 in China. The outbreak is believed to have emerged late last year from illegally traded ... <a title="Wuhan coronavirus: Unconfirmed reports of infected person in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/28/wuhan-coronavirus-unconfirmed-reports-of-infected-person-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Wuhan coronavirus: Unconfirmed reports of infected person in NZ">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2020
By RNZ News The first Australian case of Wuhan coronavirus has been confirmed, with a man being held under isolation in a Melbourne hospital. News of the case came after Chinese authorities said they were treating 1287 patients with the virus, while the death toll has risen to 41. The Melbourne patient is a Chinese ... <a title="First Australian coronavirus case confirmed – 41 now dead in China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/25/first-australian-coronavirus-case-confirmed-41-now-dead-in-china/" aria-label="Read more about First Australian coronavirus case confirmed – 41 now dead in China">Read more</a>
