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On Sunday the Government announced that our borders are closed to China. This is in response to the coronavirus outbreak centred in Wuhan, China. As of February 3rd, approximately 17,000 cases have been confirmed, with 362 deaths and 487 patients who have recovered. But is closing the borders an overreaction?
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Read more: Is Closing the Border the Best Response?
- Article: https://www.top.org.nz/coronavirus_is_closing_the_border_the_best_response
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ANALYSIS: The emergence of 2019 novel coronavirus is not an exceptional event, after all, infectious diseases have to come from somewhere.
What is new is the fact we have the technology to identify it fast, track it, stop it, cure it, and vaccinate against it: We are literally watching the birth of a new human infection in real time.
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Read more: Coronavirus is a global 'misinfodemic'
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A passenger has died on a flight from China that landed at Auckland International Airport on Monday afternoon.
The person was on board China Southern flight CZ305 from Guangzhou.
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Read more: Passenger dies on China-Auckland flight after
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/119304178/passenger-dies-on-chinaauckland-flight-after-medical-event
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Gore and Mataura residents have been ordered to evacuate immediately as flood levels continue to rise. Residents of Wyndham and Riversdale were also asked to prepare to evacuate.
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Read more: Evacuations ordered in Southland as water levels rise
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/119267763/state-of-emergency-declared-in-southland-as-water-levels-rise
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Air New Zealand will take full responsibility if one of its crew contracts the novel-coronavirus on the charter flight bringing New Zealanders home from Wuhan, its head pilot Captain Dave Morgan says.
It remains unclear how many people will be on the flight, with figures ranging from 70 up to more than 260, but they'll be a mix of New Zealanders, Australians and Pacific Islanders. It will land in Auckland at around 4pm on Wednesday.
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Read more: Air New Zealand to take full responsibility if Wuhan flight crew gets sick
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/02/air-new-zealand-to-take-full-responsibility-if-wuhan-flight-crew-get-sick.html
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A US law enforcement officer has been sentenced to probation without supervision after he was caught smelling a child's underwear on video.
Deputy US marshal David Timothy Moon, 50, was looking at a house for sale in Phoenix last May, ABC15 reports.
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Read more: Nanny cam catches deputy US marshal sniffing young girl's underwear
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As the mother of an immunocompromised child, Kiki Van Newtown has more excuse than most to worry about the coronavirus outbreak. But racist reactions - and panicked border closures - aren't the answer, she writes.
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Read more: The real plague with coronavirus is racism, xenophobia
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/02/opinion-the-real-plague-with-coronavirus-is-racism-xenophobia.html
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Amber Heard appears to confess to hitting her ex-husband Johnny Depp in leaked audio of a conversation between the former couple.
In the shocking recording, released by UK tabloid the Daily Mail, the troubled pair apparently attempt to navigate the constant violent outbursts in their relationship.
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Read more: I was hitting you': Amber Heard appears to admit abusing Johnny Depp in leaked audio
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2020/02/i-was-hitting-you-amber-heard-appears-to-admit-abusing-johnny-depp-in-leaked-audio.html
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