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More evidence is emerging that coronavirus infections are being spread by people who have no clear symptoms, complicating efforts to gain control of the pandemic.
A study conducted by researchers in Singapore and published by the US Centres for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention on Wednesday (Thursday NZ time) is the latest to estimate that around 10 per cent of new coronavirus infections may be sparked by people who were infected with the virus but not experiencing symptoms.
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Read more: New study shows how infections spread via healthy people with no symptoms
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120755230/coronavirus-new-study-shows-how-infections-spread-via-healthy-people-with-no-symptoms
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t's likely New Zealand's pandemic alert level 4 lockdown will extend past four weeks, especially if people continue to flout social distancing rules, experts say.
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Read more: How many social distancing rule-breakers it will take to stop the lockdown from working
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/04/coronavirus-how-many-social-distancing-rule-breakers-it-will-take-to-stop-the-lockdown-from-working.html
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Doctors say major problems getting access to flu vaccines is putting patient safety at risk and forcing them to cancel hundreds of appointments.
The Health Ministry insists the country has "plenty", but Newshub has learned one of the main suppliers to New Zealand has run out of stock.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/04/doctors-say-patient-safety-at-risk-as-flu-vaccine-supplier-to-new-zealand-runs-out-of-stock.html
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Chinese medical supplies sold to countries in Europe and elsewhere have been found to be faulty.
Virus test kits sent from China to Spain are 70% non functional, and kits sent from China to the Czech Republic are 80% non functional.
Propaganda agents of the Chinese Communist Party are being widely exposed, as the regime launches a large-scale campaign to change the narrative on the CCP virus.
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Read more: China Sends the World Faulty Medical Supplies
- Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5rTalmGTOA
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Love how they call it the CCP Virus.
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Fletcher Building has proposed its executives take a 15 per cent cut in pay, but other staff could see a 70 per cent slash in income in the weeks after the coronavirus lockdown.
Last week staff said they were uncertain about their pay during the month-long Covid-19 lockdown, after the company said the Government's wage subsidy programme would determine how it would pay staff after this week.
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Read more: Fletcher proposes 'massive' pay cuts in 12 week plan
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/120735008/fletcher-proposes-massive-pay-cuts-in-12-week-plan
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As far as I know they also get topped up with the Government subsidy... but still a massive pay cut...
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern unleashed on 20-somethings who weren't taking the coronavirus seriously at her daily press conference today.
She said 20-29-year-olds were the most infected with Covid-19 and while they might not be in as much danger as older people, they were currently acting as the main vector for transmission in New Zealand.
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Read more: Jacinda Ardern unleashes on 20-somethings not taking virus seriously
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/120743026/coronavirus-jacinda-ardern-unleashes-on-20somethings-not-taking-virus-seriously
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Homeware giant Harvey Norman is refusing to pay rent on some stores during the level 4 lockdown.
The Australian-owned company sent the letter to a number of landlords around New Zealand on March 25 telling them that it would not pay rent while its stores were closed.
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Read more: Harvey Norman tells landlords it won't pay rent
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The Ministry of Health has confirmed New Zealand has 47 new confirmed cases and 14 probable cases of COVID-19, taking the country's total to 708 cases.
There are no new deaths and 82 cases have now recovered in total. There are 14 cases in hospital, with two of those being in intensive care units. Those two patients are stable.
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Read more: 61 new cases of COVID-19
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/04/coronavirus-ministry-of-health-confirms-51-new-cases-of-covid-19.html
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