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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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Author: Aidan Wondracz

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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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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Author: Reuters

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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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/11/jacinda-ardern-says-new-zealand-is-prepared-for-covid-19-variants-as-omicron-causes-chaos.html
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Author: Stuff News

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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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300464750/covid19-nz-health-officials-closely-watching-new-omicron-variant
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Author: Dan Satherley

A Kiwi epidemiologist is urging calm over the emergence of the 'Omicron' variant of COVID-19, saying there's no solid proof it's as bad as the headlines would have us believe - yet.

First discovered in South Africa thanks to its sophisticated virus-tracking infrastructure, Omicron appears to have taken two weeks to displace the highly infectious Delta variant. It has many more mutations too - including on the spike protein - linked to increased transmissibility and raising concerns it could render vaccines less effective.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/11/coronavirus-why-omicron-might-not-be-as-scary-as-it-sounds-and-the-advantage-nz-has.html
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  1. Michael Baker says Omicron could force rethink of border reopening plan, Robertson not ruling out return to lockdowns
  2. South Africa added to UK, Israel's travel red lists over new 'super variant'
  3. NATO chief warns Russia of 'costs' if it moves on Ukraine
  4. Team of five million no more - what life will look like for the unvaccinated

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