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Author: Jamie Ensor

 Kiwis now have access to a dashboard of data detailing how New Zealand's COVID-19 vaccination rollout is progressing.

The statistics, which will be updated weekly, include the number of vaccinations individual District Health Boards (DHBs) have administered as well as the age and sex of those who have received the jab. 

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Author: Ruth Hill

Weeding out fake news and misinformation is becoming increasingly difficult in the new media environment where social media rules, an academic says.

Massey University academic Catherine Strong occasionally spends a few hours tracking down the original source of some social media post setting the internet ablaze.

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Quarantine-free travel between Australia and New Zealand will open on April 19, and be managed by a 'traffic light' system.

But what is the traffic light system and how will it work?

Like New Zealand's four-tiered lockdown alert system, the traffic light system will allow different responses and restrictions depending on how many cases of COVID-19 each end of the travel door is experiencing.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/travel/2021/04/covid-19-trans-tasman-bubble-how-the-traffic-light-system-works-and-what-happens-in-an-outbreak.html
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There is a link between AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine and very rare blood clots in the brain but the possible causes are still unknown, a senior official for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said in an interview published on Tuesday.

However, the EMA later said in a statement that its review of the vaccine was ongoing and it expected to announce its findings on Wednesday or Thursday. An AstraZeneca spokesman declined to comment on the matter.

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Author: Jamie Ensor

A week on from its release, New Zealand experts have not yet finished analysing a World Health Organization (WHO) report into the origins of COVID-19.

The long-anticipated study into the SARS-CoV-2 virus was released last Tuesday following a mission to Wuhan, China by a team of international experts. While inconclusive about the virus' source, the report found it was "extremely unlikely" the virus originated from a laboratory.

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Author: Zane Small

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced the trans-Tasman travel bubble, allowing quarantine-free travel between Australia and New Zealand, will commence on April 19. 

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Author: Ireland Hendry-Tennent

The trans-Tasman travel bubble is expected to begin as soon as next week, according to The Australian. 

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is set to announce a date on Tuesday for when a bubble will open.

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Author: Newstalk ZB

Benefits versus consequences of the minimum wage was the hottest topic on The Huddle. 

The minimum wage and benefit levels get a boost today, as part of a package of changes coming into effect from April 1.

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