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On Thursday, after delaying for an extra day of deliberation, the World Health Organisation decided not to declare the outbreak of pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus to be a PHEIC - a public health emergency of international concern.
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Read more: Why the WHO held off on declaring the Wuhan coronavirus a global health emergency
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/119058004/why-the-who-held-off-on-declaring-the-wuhan-coronavirus-a-global-health-emergency
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Personally, if you have been to China, and or been in area that has been infected... you go into quarantine... no ifs no buts... after 3 weeks, if you have no sign ok ...
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It's a sweltering hot Sunday afternoon, Taradale town centre, Hawke's Bay.
A week ago bullets were flying here, a swarm of gangsters were brawling on the main road, shopkeepers ducked for cover and locals were fleeing the place as fast as they could.
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Read more: This is our patch, it's not their patch'
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/119053371/this-is-our-patch-its-not-their-patch-taradale-community-meets-over-gangs
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The Government is set to announce one of the biggest infrastructure packages in New Zealand history with $12 billion worth of spending to be announced on week.
Finance Minister Grant Robertson will detail a list of projects up and down the country that will be funded, with a suite of roads, rail, and hospital upgrades expected to be on the list.
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Read more: Government set to announce $12b infrastructure splurge, with a lot of it going to roads
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/119064149/government-set-to-announce-12b-infrastructure-splurge-with-a-lot-of-it-going-to-roads
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There is a high chance that deadly coronavirus will make it to New Zealand, but health officials are confident they can prevent an outbreak.
Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay briefed media in Wellington about the risk of the virus arriving.
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- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/119065220/600-passengers-screened-at-auckland-airport-for-coronavirus
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Fiji authorities are holding six Chinese travellers in quarantine as a precaution after they failed to gain entry to Samoa.
Samoa's government has confirmed the six were refused entry for not meeting strict quarantine requirements implemented on Friday.
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Read more: 6 quarantined in Fiji - Pacific nations on alert for coronavirus
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/01/pacific-nations-on-alert-for-coronavirus-6-quarantined-in-fiji.html
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The Ministry of Health is stepping up measures to control the entry of the deadly coronavirus into New Zealand by dispatching public health staff to meet all incoming flights from China.
A flight from mainland China is due to touch down in Auckland tomorrow at 6.30am.
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- Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/content/tvnz/onenews/story/2020/01/26/health-minister-steps-up-precautions-announces-all-flights-from.html
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Public health staff will begin meeting flights from China from Monday as the coronavirus threat grows.
The move comes after criticism from National Party health spokesman Michael Woodhouse, who said the Government wasn't doing enough to detect it at Auckland International Airport.
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Read more: China arrivals to be checked by health staff amid coronavirus outbreak
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/119049195/china-arrivals-to-be-checked-by-health-staff-amid-coronavirus-outbreak
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You don’t want your retirement savings invested in nuclear bombs, sure. But what about conventional defence equipment that’s also used for essential civilian purposes?
This month’s assassination of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani and the Australian navy’s evacuation of people escaping bushfires are two very different events, but they highlight the dilemma faced by KiwiSavers wanting to invest ethically. When does putting your retirement savings into a weapons manufacturer cross the line between acceptable and unacceptable?
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Read more: Tanks, torpedoes and tasers: Why weapons are a conundrum for KiwiSavers
- Article: https://thespinoff.co.nz/business/24-01-2020/tanks-tridents-and-torpedoes-why-weapons-are-a-conundrum-for-kiwisavers/
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The NZDF, Navy Army and Air Force regularly help in disasters from Search and rescue, cyclon and earthquake recovery, Kaikoura earthquake was a good example where the warships came to help, supplying food, clean water, and boots on the ground. But they can also defend the nation if needed.
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