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Chinese authorities have begun celebrating the so-called victory against the #CCPvirus epidemic. But residents inside #Wuhan tell a different story.
A Chinese ambassador calls for cooperation with the US while a US spokesperson challenges Beijing to follow through—outlining 3 steps for the regime to take.
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New Zealand is sending an air force Hercules carrying a helicopter to cyclone-damaged Vanuatu.
The Defence Force C-130 Hercules will fly to the Pacific Island nation this week carrying a private helicopter, satellite phones, chainsaw kits, and agricultural equipment, to assist with relief.
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Read more: New Zealand air force Hercules flying to Vanuatu to assist with cyclone recovery
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/120941235/new-zealand-air-force-hercules-flying-to-vanuatu-to-assist-with-cyclone-recovery
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There are 29 new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand, Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has confirmed.
That's made up of 23 confirmed cases and six probable cases. There are no new deaths, but 14 people are in hospital. Four are in ICU.
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Read more: New Zealand records 29 new cases of COVID-19
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/04/coronavirus-new-zealand-records-29-new-cases-of-covid-19.html
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In early 2020 Rocket Lab successfully completed a mid-air recovery demonstration of an Electron test article.
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Read more: RocketLab does a test booster sky catch
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Two weeks into the lockdown, many of us will be sick and tired of being stuck in our bubbles. But what if we had a bubble of 5 million?
Health experts say if we manage to "squash" the curve, as a widely-shared Washington Post article about New Zealand put it on Wednesday, a border quarantine will stop the coronavirus from coming back.
Falling numbers of new confirmed infections suggest the lockdown and social distancing measures are working, but the borders - still open to Kiwis - remain a weakness, operating on somewhat of an honour system.
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Read more: NZ could be 'its own bubble' by wiping out COVID-19 - researcher
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A health data researcher says China's coronavirus numbers have been vastly under-reported, perhaps by a factor of 10.
At the moment, the country where the SARS-CoV-2 virus first emerged has reported a confirmed 82,809 cases of infection and 3333 deaths from COVID-19, the disease it causes.
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Read more: Kiwi health researcher claims China's COVID-19 death toll at least 30,000
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More than 2500 families in need in the Central region will receive care packages assembled as part of the New Zealand Defence Force’s response to help support communities through the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Read more: Soldiers answer the call for families in need
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Baldwin Street, in Dunedin, New Zealand, has been reinstated as the world’s steepest street (road) after a formal record review.
Baldwin street previously held the record for over a decade until June 2019, when the record was awarded to Ffordd Pen Llech, in Harlech, Wales.
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Read more: Baldwin Street in New Zealand reinstated as the world’s steepest street
- Article: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2020/4/baldwin-street-in-new-zealand-reinstated-as-the-worlds-steepest-street-614287
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