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Author: Rachel Sadler

The Ministry of Health has clarified that travellers from Australia won't actually be required to use the NZ COVID Tracer app when they arrive in Aotearoa once the travel bubble commences on April 19.

A tweet from the Government's Unite Against COVID-19 account said that, among a range of requirements, people travelling to New Zealand from Australia "must" download and use the NZ COVID Tracer app while they are in the country.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/04/coronavirus-use-of-covid-tracer-app-won-t-be-compulsory-for-travellers-from-australia-ministry-of-health-clarifies.html
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Author: Dan Satherley

Scientists in the UK have figured out the exact ingredient in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine behind a few rare cases of anaphylaxis.

They're stressing the risk of the taking the vaccine is far outweighed by the dangers of contracting the virus, which has killed more than 3 million people worldwide in the past 14 months. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/04/coronavirus-ingredient-in-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-behind-allergic-reactions-discovered.html
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Author: Rachel Sadler

Medsafe, New Zealand's medical regulatory body, says there have been 147 adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines since the rollout commenced on February 20 - but one doctor believes these cases "are not unexpected".

A report shows the most common reaction is dizziness (27 cases), headaches (21), nausea (18), and fainting (18).

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/04/coronavirus-147-adverse-reactions-to-covid-19-vaccines-in-new-zealand-not-unexpected-doctor.html
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Author: Jamie Ensor

 Kiwis now have access to a dashboard of data detailing how New Zealand's COVID-19 vaccination rollout is progressing.

The statistics, which will be updated weekly, include the number of vaccinations individual District Health Boards (DHBs) have administered as well as the age and sex of those who have received the jab. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/04/coronavirus-new-zealand-s-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-by-doses-administered-locations-sex-age-april-7.html
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Author: Ruth Hill

Weeding out fake news and misinformation is becoming increasingly difficult in the new media environment where social media rules, an academic says.

Massey University academic Catherine Strong occasionally spends a few hours tracking down the original source of some social media post setting the internet ablaze.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2021/04/why-weeding-out-fake-news-is-becoming-increasingly-difficult-academic.html
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Quarantine-free travel between Australia and New Zealand will open on April 19, and be managed by a 'traffic light' system.

But what is the traffic light system and how will it work?

Like New Zealand's four-tiered lockdown alert system, the traffic light system will allow different responses and restrictions depending on how many cases of COVID-19 each end of the travel door is experiencing.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/travel/2021/04/covid-19-trans-tasman-bubble-how-the-traffic-light-system-works-and-what-happens-in-an-outbreak.html
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Author: Reuters

There is a link between AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine and very rare blood clots in the brain but the possible causes are still unknown, a senior official for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said in an interview published on Tuesday.

However, the EMA later said in a statement that its review of the vaccine was ongoing and it expected to announce its findings on Wednesday or Thursday. An AstraZeneca spokesman declined to comment on the matter.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/04/covid-19-clear-link-between-astrazeneca-vaccine-and-rare-blood-clots-in-brain-health-official.html
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Author: Jamie Ensor

A week on from its release, New Zealand experts have not yet finished analysing a World Health Organization (WHO) report into the origins of COVID-19.

The long-anticipated study into the SARS-CoV-2 virus was released last Tuesday following a mission to Wuhan, China by a team of international experts. While inconclusive about the virus' source, the report found it was "extremely unlikely" the virus originated from a laboratory.

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