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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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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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Read more: NZ Army sees spike in troops leaving force over MIQ burnout
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/11/27/nz-army-sees-spike-in-troops-leaving-force-over-miq-burnout/
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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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Read more: Who are the Uyghurs, and what’s happening to them in China?
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/300464201/who-are-the-uyghurs-and-whats-happening-to-them-in-china
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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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Read more: David Seymour calls for Government to be 'honest and real' in face of Omicron variant
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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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Read more: Coronavirus: New Zealand limits travel as Omicron causes alarm globally
- 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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Chinese SPY SHIP spends three weeks in secretive mission off the coast of Australia - passing critical military bases after entering exclusive economic zone near Darwin
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Read more: Chinese spy ship spotted off Darwin coast as presence described as 'unusual'
- Article: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10243781/Chinese-spy-ship-spotted-Darwin-coast-presence-described-unusual.html
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The vessel passed Queensland and Sydney before turning towards New Zealand. Is this because we sent HMNZS Te Kaha and HMZS Aotearoa to the SCS?
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New Zealand is well prepared for the discovery of new coronavirus variants that may be resistant to vaccines, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Friday, including the strain currently spreading in South Africa.
"All of our planning around COVID, we have built into it the possibility of variants in the future," Ardern said in an interview for the upcoming Reuters Next.
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Read more: Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand is prepared for COVID-19 variants as Omicron causes chaos
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A person with Covid-19 has died, while seventy-seven people are in hospital with the virus, eight in ICU, as New Zealand health officials also grapple with news of a new variant overseas.
The Ministry of Health also announced on Saturday that there are 145 new community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand.
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Read more: NZ health officials 'closely watching' new Omicron variant
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300464750/covid19-nz-health-officials-closely-watching-new-omicron-variant
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