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April 14, 2020
By RNZ News Four more people have died from Covid-19 in New Zealand in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry has confirmed. Nine people have now died in the country from the coronavirus, with six of them being residents of the Rosewood Rest Home in Christchurch. It is the highest number of Covid-19 deaths ... <a title="NZ lockdown – day 20: Four more Covid-19 deaths, 17 new cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/14/nz-lockdown-day-20-four-more-covid-19-deaths-17-new-cases/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – day 20: Four more Covid-19 deaths, 17 new cases">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Jones, Research Fellow, Centre for Inflammatory Disease Monash Health, Monash University Immunocompromised is a broad term reflecting the fact someone’s immune system isn’t as strong and balanced as it should be. Because immunocompromised people’s immune systems are defective or ineffective, they’re unable to stop invasion and ... <a title="What does it mean to be immunocompromised? And why does this increase your risk of coronavirus?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/14/what-does-it-mean-to-be-immunocompromised-and-why-does-this-increase-your-risk-of-coronavirus-135200/" aria-label="Read more about What does it mean to be immunocompromised? And why does this increase your risk of coronavirus?">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Senior Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University While we most commonly associate COVID-19 with fever and cough, gastrointestinal symptoms including diarrhoea, vomiting and abdominal pain are not unheard of in people who contract coronavirus. This is likely because SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes ... <a title="We don’t know for sure if coronavirus can spread through poo, but it’s possible" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/14/we-dont-know-for-sure-if-coronavirus-can-spread-through-poo-but-its-possible-135305/" aria-label="Read more about We don’t know for sure if coronavirus can spread through poo, but it’s possible">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lorana Bartels, Professor and Program Leader of Criminology, Australian National University Last week, Health Minister Greg Hunt issued a stark warning that the deliberate transmission of COVID-19 could be punishable by a lifetime prison sentence. Hunt said he sought legal advice from the attorney-general’s department, which said ... <a title="Transmitting COVID-19 to another person could send you to prison for life. Here’s why this is worrisome" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/14/transmitting-covid-19-to-another-person-could-send-you-to-prison-for-life-heres-why-this-is-worrisome-135957/" aria-label="Read more about Transmitting COVID-19 to another person could send you to prison for life. Here’s why this is worrisome">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Billie Bonevski, Women in Science Chair, University of Newcastle If you’re a smoker, there’s really never been a better time to quit. Coronavirus affects your lungs, causing flu-like symptoms such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat and fatigue. In the most serious cases, sufferers struggle ... <a title="Smoking increases your coronavirus risk. There’s never been a better time to quit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/14/smoking-increases-your-coronavirus-risk-theres-never-been-a-better-time-to-quit-135294/" aria-label="Read more about Smoking increases your coronavirus risk. There’s never been a better time to quit">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Baker, Professor of Housing Research, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Adelaide The COVID-19 pandemic is creating major challenges for our residential rental system. The lockdown of businesses has meant an almost overnight loss of jobs or reduced hours for many Australian workers. Many ... <a title="4 ways to be a good landlord in a time of coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/14/4-ways-to-be-a-good-landlord-in-a-time-of-coronavirus-136040/" aria-label="Read more about 4 ways to be a good landlord in a time of coronavirus">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management, University of South Australia Stranded cruise ships have become a symbol of the COVID-19 pandemic. Passengers and crew are desperate to get off but the ports to which they’ve headed don’t want them. It is no exaggeration to suggest this ... <a title="This could be the end of the line for cruise ships" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/14/this-could-be-the-end-of-the-line-for-cruise-ships-135937/" aria-label="Read more about This could be the end of the line for cruise ships">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2020
Pacific Media Watch The Covid-19 coronavirus is “exacerbating tensions” in Indonesia’s West Papua region and exposing the “shortcomings” of Jakarta government policy, warns a conflict watchdog group. The Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) says President Joko Widodo’s government needs to urgently appoint a senior official to “focus exclusively on Papua” province to ensure ... <a title="Conflict watchdog warns Jakarta is fuelling tension in Papua over virus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/14/conflict-watchdog-warns-jakarta-is-fuelling-tension-in-papua-over-virus/" aria-label="Read more about Conflict watchdog warns Jakarta is fuelling tension in Papua over virus">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Tobias R. Keller and Rosalie Gillett of the Queensland University of Technology Even before the coronavirus arrived to turn life upside down and trigger a global infodemic, social media platforms were under growing pressure to curb the spread of misinformation. Last year, Facebook cofounder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg called for new rules ... <a title="Why is it so hard to stop the Covid-19 misinformation social media spread?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/14/why-is-it-so-hard-to-stop-the-covid-19-misinformation-social-media-spread/" aria-label="Read more about Why is it so hard to stop the Covid-19 misinformation social media spread?">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2020
By Maggie Boyle in Suva Fiji’s Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete says that with mobile health clinics “hitting the ground” in Suva, the aim is to assess at least 100,000 Fijians that reside within the lockdown area. It was a comprehensive approach that was in addition to several other measures the ministry is taking in ... <a title="Fiji steps up testing in Suva lockdown area, says Health Minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/14/fiji-steps-up-testing-in-suva-lockdown-area-says-health-minister/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji steps up testing in Suva lockdown area, says Health Minister">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Government, parliament Andrea Vance (Stuff): How Jacinda Ardern is using soft propaganda to beat Covid-19 Graeme Edgeler (Democracy Project): On being sure of your legal footing Sam Hurley (Herald): Law Society calls for greater ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 14 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/14/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-14-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 14 2020">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tobias R. Keller, Visiting Postdoc, Queensland University of Technology Even before the coronavirus arrived to turn life upside down and trigger a global infodemic, social media platforms were under growing pressure to curb the spread of misinformation. Last year, Facebook cofounder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg called ... <a title="Why is it so hard to stop COVID-19 misinformation spreading on social media?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/14/why-is-it-so-hard-to-stop-covid-19-misinformation-spreading-on-social-media-134396/" aria-label="Read more about Why is it so hard to stop COVID-19 misinformation spreading on social media?">Read more</a>
