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March 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Natusch, Honorary Research Fellow, Macquarie University The wildlife trade has long been closely linked to disease outbreaks. It has been implicated in the SARS epidemic of 2002, Ebola in 2013 and now in the COVID-19 coronavirus. In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, China has tentatively banned ... <a title="Snakes make good food. Banning farms won’t help the fight against coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/snakes-make-good-food-banning-farms-wont-help-the-fight-against-coronavirus-133075/" aria-label="Read more about Snakes make good food. Banning farms won’t help the fight against coronavirus">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Newhouse, Adjunct Professor of Law, Macquarie University Most of Cornelia Rau’s family and friends have regarded the screening of Stateless with trepidation because the television series is loosely based on her troubled life. In 2004-05, Cornelia Rau was wrongfully detained for 10 months at a Brisbane’s ... <a title="Stateless review: remembering a time when we were outraged" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/stateless-review-remembering-a-time-when-we-were-outraged-132967/" aria-label="Read more about Stateless review: remembering a time when we were outraged">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2020
By RNZ News Some travellers trying to beat the New Zealand deadline early today for self-isolations to prevent the Covid-19 coronavirus spreading have been turned away by airlines that are stretched to capacity. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Saturday that from midnight Sunday, all passengers arriving from overseas, except those from Pacific Island countries, ... <a title="Some travellers trying to beat NZ’s coronavirus deadline turned away" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/some-travellers-trying-to-beat-nzs-coronavirus-deadline-turned-away/" aria-label="Read more about Some travellers trying to beat NZ’s coronavirus deadline turned away">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy was still shaking hands on Sunday morning. But when that afternoon Scott Morrison announced the latest coronavirus measures, including compulsory self-isolation for overseas arrivals, the Prime Minister said he and other cabinet members wouldn’t be ... <a title="View from The Hill: Scott Morrison announces mandatory self-isolation for all overseas arrivals and gives up shaking hands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/view-from-the-hill-scott-morrison-announces-mandatory-self-isolation-for-all-overseas-arrivals-and-gives-up-shaking-hands-133715/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Scott Morrison announces mandatory self-isolation for all overseas arrivals and gives up shaking hands">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2020
The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed 29 new cases of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus in the country today – bringing the total number of cases to 140 – as Metro Manila went into lockdown for one month. The DOH also announced that three more patients have died from the virus. The death toll ... <a title="Philippines coronavirus rise to 140, with 11 deaths – Manila in lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/philippines-coronavirus-rise-to-140-with-11-deaths-manila-in-lockdown/" aria-label="Read more about Philippines coronavirus rise to 140, with 11 deaths – Manila in lockdown">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Siouxsie Wiles, Associate Professor in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Auckland Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has done exactly what is needed to limit the spread of COVID-19 in New Zealand and the Pacific. Two new cases were confirmed today, just hours before new border restrictions come ... <a title="NZ’s decision to close its borders will hurt tourism but it’s the right thing to do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/15/nzs-decision-to-close-its-borders-will-hurt-tourism-but-its-the-right-thing-to-do-133707/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s decision to close its borders will hurt tourism but it’s the right thing to do">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling What do you need to know about COVID-19 and coronavirus? We asked our readers for their top questions and sought answers from two of Australia’s leading virus and vaccine experts. The video below features Professor Michael Wallach and Dr Lisa Sedger ... <a title="VIDEO: your coronavirus and COVID-19 questions answered by experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/14/video-your-coronavirus-and-covid-19-questions-answered-by-experts-133513/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: your coronavirus and COVID-19 questions answered by experts">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2020
By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced late today wide-ranging travel restrictions which mean as of midnight tomorrow anyone coming into New Zealand will have to self-isolate for 14 days. The only exemption is for people coming from the Pacific islands, but New Zealanders returning from overseas will not be exempt. The measures will ... <a title="New travel curbs require almost everyone entering NZ to self-isolate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/14/new-travel-curbs-require-almost-everyone-entering-nz-to-self-isolate/" aria-label="Read more about New travel curbs require almost everyone entering NZ to self-isolate">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lotti Tajouri, Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences, Bond University Viruses are the most common biological entities on Earth. Experts estimate there are around 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 of them, and if they were all lined up they would stretch from one side of the galaxy to the other. You can think ... <a title="What is a virus? How do they spread? How do they make us sick?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/14/what-is-a-virus-how-do-they-spread-how-do-they-make-us-sick-133437/" aria-label="Read more about What is a virus? How do they spread? How do they make us sick?">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Boddy, Associate Professor and Deputy Head of School (Learning and Teaching), Griffith University As the COVID-19 outbreak intensifies, we’re seeing mass isolation in virus epicentres, with about 500 million people in China “under varying degrees of quarantine”, and all of Italy in lockdown. In Australia, self-isolation ... <a title="‘Cabin fever’: Australia must prepare for the social and psychological impacts of a coronavirus lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/14/cabin-fever-australia-must-prepare-for-the-social-and-psychological-impacts-of-a-coronavirus-lockdown-133353/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Cabin fever’: Australia must prepare for the social and psychological impacts of a coronavirus lockdown">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoffrey Mann, Sessional Lecturer, RMIT University Working from home is already so common it has its own acronym, and it’s about to get even more common still. Companies like Apple, Amazon and Microsoft are now advising employees to “WFH” to avoid exposure to the novel coronavirus. But ... <a title="Working at home to avoid coronavirus? This tech lets you (almost) replicate the office" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/14/working-at-home-to-avoid-coronavirus-this-tech-lets-you-almost-replicate-the-office-133350/" aria-label="Read more about Working at home to avoid coronavirus? This tech lets you (almost) replicate the office">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It was a sensational day in the ever-escalating coronavirus story, with Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton on Friday testing positive for COVID-19 and admitted to hospital. Meanwhile, sporting and other organisations prepared for massive changes, after the government’s announcement of ... <a title="View from The Hill: Coronavirus hits at the heart of Morrison’s government, with Peter Dutton infected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/14/view-from-the-hill-coronavirus-hits-at-the-heart-of-morrisons-government-with-peter-dutton-infected-133634/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Coronavirus hits at the heart of Morrison’s government, with Peter Dutton infected">Read more</a>
