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The testing of border workers has once again come under fire after revelations Case B, a security guard at Auckland's Grand Millennium managed isolation facility, went almost five months without a COVID-19 test.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is blaming the security guard for lying - despite an investigation still being underway. And the Government has no idea how big the problem could be.
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The managed isolation security guard who went untested between November and April lied to his employer, according to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
Chris Hipkins, the Minister for COVID-19 Response, said during Wednesday's COVID press conference the Grand Millennium managed isolation worker misled his employer, First Security, about being tested.
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Wait you mean they don't keep records of who has and hasn't been tested and when they were last tested...??? WTF.
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US regulators have recommended pausing the use of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine as they investigate rare blood clotting in six women, including one who died
J&J also said it was delaying the rollout of its vaccine in Europe. US officials said the temporary halt is expected only to last a few days.
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Read more: How worried should we be about blood clots linked to AstraZeneca and J&J vaccines?
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US federal health agencies on Tuesday recommended pausing the use of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine for at least a few days after six women under 50 given the shot developed rare blood clots, dealing a fresh setback to efforts to tackle the pandemic.
Following the news, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) said it was delaying the rollout of the vaccine to Europe, a week after regulators there said they were reviewing rare blood clots in four recipients of the shot in the United States.
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Read more: United States pauses Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine over rare blood clots
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There are fears China and Russia could coordinate respective invasions of Taiwan and Ukraine, stretching the military resources of the United States and testing new President Joe Biden.
It comes as tensions mount in Crimea and Ukraine's eastern Donbas region - where Russia keeps deploying more troops - and around Taiwan in the South China Sea, where the US is already responding to an increased Chinese military presence.
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The Māori Party president says he wasn't aware the party had failed to disclose more than $320,000 in election donations, and once they realised what had happened they went directly to the Electoral Commission.
Three donations from 2020 were not declared within the 10 working days required by the Electoral Commission, and now, the matter has been referred to police.
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Anzac Day marks six months since this Government took office. Professor Robert Ayson argues it's time for our silent Defence Minister to begin staking out the positions on military policy and capability – before our bigger allies do it for him.
Jacinda Ardern’s first prime ministerial term began with a novel policy experiment. Courtesy of the post-election agreement with NZ First, the Labour Party subcontracted Wellington’s external engagement to its smaller coalition partner at the end of 2017.
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Read more: Defence Minister goes absent without leave
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The Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has revealed there are a range of reasons why some frontline border workers are hesitant to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
During the 1pm update on Monday, Dr Bloomfield confirmed there was a small group of people working on the frontline who had been offered the vaccine but had declined it.
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