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US-based Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) has released an analysis of the US Navy’s planned surface force structure, providing invaluable insights into the future direction, acquisition and planning of the Royal Australian Navy’s own surface combatants.
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Read more: US think tank highlights need to restructure allied surface forces
- Article: https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/maritime-antisub/5654-us-think-tank-highlights-need-to-restructure-allied-surface-forces
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A barber in Auckland has temporarily closed his business after he discovered he was on the same flight as New Zealand's first confirmed coronavirus patient.
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- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/119912699/coronavirus-passenger-who-shared-flight-with-nzs-first-coronavirus-patient-closes-business-self-isolates
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The World Health Organisation raised its global risk assessment for the new coronavirus to "very high" from "high" as some countries struggle to contain the pathogen.
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Read more: Coronavirus: WHO raises global risk to very high
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/119913018/coronavirus-who-raises-global-risk-to-very-high
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The confirmation of the first case of the Covid-19 coronavirus in the country means New Zealand is moving into the next phase of the pandemic response, an Otago University professor says.
Yesterday, testing confirmed New Zealand's first case of the Covid-19 coronavirus - a person in their 60s, a citizen who had recently travelled back from Iran.
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- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/119913024/new-zealand-moving-into-next-phase-with-first-positive-covid19-coronavirus-case-expert-says
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Just Iran... no mention of Italy or any other country that has I outbreak?
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Hong Kong authorities say they have quarantined a pet dog of a coronavirus patient after its nasal and oral samples tested "weak positive" for the virus, though they added they did not yet have evidence that it can be transmitted to pets.
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Read more: Dog tests 'weak positive' for the deadly virus, put in quarantine
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/02/coronavirus-dog-tests-weak-positive-for-the-deadly-virus-put-in-quarantine.html
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There is a surge of cases of the virus outside China. Australia says it expects Covid-19 to turn into a global pandemic. We cannot afford to panic in New Zealand. But we must prepare, writes Dr Siouxsie Wiles.
Update: since publication, Coronavirus has been confirmed as having arrived in NZ. The following is a practical guide covering how we should respond to this news.
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Read more: A practical guide to dealing with the arrival of the coronavirus in New Zealand
- Article: https://thespinoff.co.nz/science/28-02-2020/seriously-dont-panic-but-we-must-get-prepared-for-the-arrival-of-coronavirus/
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Prime minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed that a patient being tested for coronavirus has the illness. It is New Zealand's first confirmed case.
The patient - who is in their 60s - is in a stable and improving condition in hospital in Auckland, she said.
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Read more: First case of virus in New Zealand
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The person in their 60s is in Auckland Hospital in a "stable, improving condition", Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed today from Sydney.
They are a permanent resident of New Zealand, and had been in Iran and were returning home.
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Read more: First case of coronavirus confirmed in New Zealand
- Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/first-case-coronavirus-confirmed-in-new-zealand
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