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Leading Epidemiologist Professor Rod Jackson says Kiwis should prepare for another year of messiness and uncertainty.

He says, “next year is going to be messy, it’s going to be uncertain. I mean everyone wants certainty, but viruses don’t play by any rules. We really don’t know. The best way to be prepared, is to be prepared for uncertainty.”

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/11/28/epidemiologist-says-uncertainty-awaits-as-omicron-emerges/
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Author: Luke Malpass

ANALYSIS: At 4pm on Monday, the Government will lay out what life will look like when the traffic light system, officially known as the Covid-19 Protection Framework, begins on Friday.

The key decision will be which parts of the country are at the ‘orange’ light setting and which are at ‘red’. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has previously said that no region will be going into ‘green’ but that on Monday we will learn what the circumstances will be for that to occur.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/opinion/127122657/covid19-new-traffic-light-settings-for-each-region-to-be-announced-by-jacinda-ardern
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Author: Scott Palmer

Two travellers to Sydney are confirmed to have the Omicron variant of COVID-19, NSW Health says on Sunday night.

Both passengers came to Sydney from southern Africa on the evening of Saturday November 27. They were tested on arrival and this came back positive for COVID-19 late last night. Both are full vaccinated and are now in isolation in the Special Health Accommodation.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/11/covid-19-two-omicron-cases-confirmed-in-sydney-260-close-contacts-ordered-to-isolate.html
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Author: William Hewett

A leading health expert has slammed world leaders for not dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic properly, saying the new variant Omicron was inevitable.

University of Auckland associate professor Siouxsie Wiles says after almost two years of the pandemic, the world still isn't learning - leading to new variants being created.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/11/siouxsie-wiles-slams-world-leaders-for-not-dealing-with-covid-19-pandemic-says-new-variant-omicron-inevitable.html
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Author: Cushla Norman

Covid-19 is taking a toll on the New Zealand Army, with a spike in the numbers leaving, driven partly by discontent over deployment to MIQ duties.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/11/27/nz-army-sees-spike-in-troops-leaving-force-over-miq-burnout/
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Author: Eva Dou

Starting in 2017, China carried out a sweeping crackdown in its northwest Xinjiang region under the banner of counterterrorism. It was a harsh campaign to forcibly assimilate the

Uyghur population, a mostly Muslim ethnic minority group native to Xinjiang. Scholars estimate that Chinese authorities detained more than 1 million Uyghurs in centres and re-education camps for periods ranging from weeks to years. The abuses drew international condemnation, including accusations of genocide and a sweeping US ban on some imports from Xinjiang.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/300464201/who-are-the-uyghurs-and-whats-happening-to-them-in-china
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Author: Scott Palmer

ACT leader David Seymour is calling for "calm and clarity" in the face of the new Omicron variant, warning we can't afford a repeat of the Government's handling of Delta.

Recently identified in South Africa, Omicron could be several times more infectious than the original coronavirus and it's unclear how effective current vaccines are against it.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/11/covid-19-david-seymour-calls-for-government-to-be-honest-and-real-in-face-of-omicron-variant.html
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Author: Jamie Ensor

New Zealand is moving a number of southern African countries onto the 'very high risk' country list in a bid to contain the spread of Omicron, Chris Hipkins has announced.

Those countries are: South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Seychelles, Malawi and Mozambique.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/11/coronavirus-new-zealand-limits-travel-as-omicron-causes-alarm-globally.html
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