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A new life-threatening inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19 has affected 230 children in Europe and killed two so far this year, a regional health body said, as medics worldwide were told to be on alert.
The Swedish-based European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said in a risk report that two children had succumbed to the condition: one in Britain and one in France.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/05/coronavirus-docs-admit-knowing-very-little-about-new-covid-19-related-symptom-showing-up-in-children.html
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The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is receiving more than a billion dollars in funding after what the Defence Minister has called a "busy year".
The 2020 'Rebuilding Together' Budget has allocated a $1.77 billion boost to New Zealand's Navy, Army and Air Force so they can "continue to deliver".
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Read more: NZ Defence Force gets huge $1 billion cash injection in Budget
- Article: https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/nz-defence-force-gets-huge-dollar1-billion-cash-injection-in-budget/ar-BB143bfK
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The New Zealand debut of the Navy's brand new, purpose-built ship has been delayed by coronavirus.
HMNZS Aotearoa was originally set to be delivered in January 2020 when it was named three years ago before construction started in South Korea.
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Read more: Coronavirus delays NZ debut of Navy's largest ever ship
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300009494/coronavirus-delays-nz-debut-of-navys-largest-ever-ship
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China has issued a lengthy rebuttal of what it says are 24 "preposterous allegations" by some leading US politicians over its handling of the new coronavirus outbreak.
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Read more: China issues document disputing 'lies' by US politicians over COVID-19 handling
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Intelligence shared among Five Eyes nations indicates it is "highly unlikely" that the coronavirus outbreak was spread as a result of an accident in a laboratory but rather originated in a Chinese market, according to two Western officials who cited an intelligence assessment that appears to contradict claims by President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
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Read more: Five Eyes intelligence disputes US claims about Covid-19
- Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/world/five-eyes-intelligence-disputes-us-claims-about-chinese-lab-creating-covid-19
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The New Zealand Sock Company is making fewer socks in China and more in Ashburton after investing to bring manufacturing home.
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Read more: Manufacturing can be the backbone the Covid-19 economic recovery
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/prosper/121177344/coronavirus-manufacturing-can-be-the-backbone-the-covid19-economic-recovery
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In the late 19th century, all manner of officialdom descended on Devonport in Auckland's North Shore to witness the grand opening of Calliope Dock – and now several rare photographs marking the occasion are going up for auction.
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Read more: Calliope Dock Opening: Six original photos from 1888 going up for auction
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Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters isn't worried about upsetting China with his backing for a global investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since emerging from China in January, the disease has killed hundreds of thousands of people and infected millions.
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Read more: Why Winston Peters isn't afraid to upset China with COVID-19 inquiry
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/05/coronavirus-why-winston-peters-isn-t-afraid-to-upset-china-with-covid-19-inquiry.html
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