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A top health expert is calling on the Government to stop people coming to New Zealand from the US and UK as new COVID-19 variants continue to spread amongst their populations.
Both the South African and the UK variants have been identified as between 50 and 70 percent more contagious than the strain that previously circulated New Zealand.
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Read more: Block New Zealand's borders to US, UK travellers to save us from new COVID-19 strains
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/01/block-new-zealand-s-borders-to-us-uk-travellers-to-save-us-from-new-covid-19-strains-dr-michael-baker.html
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A Waikato housing developer has declared he will never again build homes for the state after a Hamilton home his firm constructed went up in flames.
John Kenel, the chief executive of Cambridge-based firm Assured Property, questioned why taxpayers are investing money to build quality homes for “people who are not contributing” and who “treat them like crap”.
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Read more: 'I won't build for Housing NZ again': Developer
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/property/123881826/i-wont-build-for-housing-nz-again-developer
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Brazilian researchers have identified the concerning new coronavirus variant first discovered in South Africa in a woman who contracted COVID-19 for the second time, and said it was the first such case reported in the world.
There have been other cases of reinfection in Brazil and the South African variant had previous been detected, but reinfection with this mutation of the virus is believed to be a first, researchers said.
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Read more: South African variant reinfects recovered COVID-19 patient
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/01/coronavirus-south-african-variant-reinfects-recovered-covid-19-patient.html
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Despite COVID-19, Kiwi scientists are preparing to sail to Antarctica.
It's one of a few expeditions to the continent since the outbreak of the pandemic - and they are taking a COVID-testing machine with them.
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Read more: Kiwi scientists to sail to Antarctica with COVID-19 testing machine
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Jack Ma missing?! Mass arrests in Hong Kong target pro-democracy activists and even an American citizen. It happened on January 6, the same day as the US Capitol descended into chaos as protesters broke into the Capitol Building. And the Chinese Communist Party is using it as a propaganda field day to criticize Democracy.
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Read more: China LOVES US Capitol Chaos
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A doctor who appears in a viral social media post claiming doctors have found the COVID-19 vaccine works best for men if it's injected directly into the penis has labelled it a "work of mischief".
The post, which has been circulating on Facebook since the new year, is clearly fake - but it's fooled many people, including some here in New Zealand, where it's been spread by pages set up by supporters of outgoing US President Donald Trump.
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Read more: Doctors urge men not to inject COVID-19 vaccine into their penis
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2021/01/coronavirus-doctors-urge-men-not-to-inject-covid-19-vaccine-into-their-penis.html
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Hong Kong police arrested 53 opposition activists and former legislators Wednesday morning, accusing them of "subverting state power." The arrested leaders had been involved in organizing or attending a democratic primary last July, ahead of the fall Legislative Council elections. (Though the full elections were eventually postponed, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 600,000 people voted in the primary.)
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Read more: 53 Dissidents Arrested in Hong Kong
- Article: https://reason.com/2021/01/06/beijings-crackdown-53-dissidents-arrested-in-hong-kong/
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Prototyping is underway at the Osborne shipyard in Adelaide in preparation for work to start on Royal Australian Navy’s Hunter-class frigates.
The Australian Department of Defence Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG)’s first assistant secretary ships Sheryl Lutz said five prototype blocks would be built in the prototyping phase to test the shipyard’s production systems, develop the facilities and ensure the workforce was trained and ready to build the Hunter-class frigates.
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Read more: Preparation Underway to Build Royal Australian Navy’s New Hunter-Class Frigates
- Article: https://defpost.com/preparation-underway-to-build-royal-australian-navys-new-hunter-class-frigates/
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