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Experts fear with the UK suffering "two epidemics on top of each other", there's an increased likelihood Omicron and Delta could swap genes, making them potentially even more dangerous.
The UK is experiencing its biggest wave of the pandemic yet. While the number of Brits infected with the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is stable, the highly infectious Omicron variant is spreading rapidly. Data suggests it's already dominant in London, and could see hundreds of thousands testing positive a day as soon as Christmas.
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Read more: Could Omicron team up with Delta to make a super-variant? What scientists think
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/12/coronavirus-could-omicron-team-up-with-delta-to-make-a-super-variant-what-scientists-think.html
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A young child who died with COVID-19 in New Zealand this week was not a known case prior to their death, the Ministry of Health says.
The ministry's case demographic website was updated on Friday afternoon to show a single death in the 0 to 9 age bracket. The website listed the child as a Māori boy registered with Counties Manukau DHB.
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Read more: Young boy who died with COVID-19 was not a known case prior to his death
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/12/coronavirus-young-boy-who-died-with-covid-19-was-not-a-known-case-prior-to-his-death.html
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A child under the age of 10 has become the youngest person with Covid-19 to die in New Zealand, according to data on the Ministry of Health website.
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Read more: Child is youngest person with Covid-19 to die in NZ - MoH data
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/458151/child-is-youngest-person-with-covid-19-to-die-in-nz-moh-data
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Three further Omicron cases have been detected at New Zealand's border, the Ministry of Health has announced.
The cases arrived in Auckland from Dubai last Saturday and were transported to a managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) facility in Rotorua.
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Read more: Three more Omicron cases at New Zealand's border - all unlinked to first case
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/12/three-more-omricon-cases-at-new-zealand-s-border-all-unlinked-to-first-case.html
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Some vaccine pass users may be having their identities stolen and sold to unvaccinated people as part of an emerging black market.
Efforts to bypass the system used to exclude unvaccinated people from many public spaces may be finding success due to an inherent flaw in the system.
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Read more: A black market in Covid vaccine passes is issuing fraudulent, but effective certificates
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/127301227/a-black-market-in-covid-vaccine-passes-is-issuing-fraudulent-but-effective-certificates
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Ministers will meet on Friday to discuss whether to bring forward the booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as the first case of the Omicron variant emerged in New Zealand.
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Read more: Time between second dose, booster may be cut
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/12/16/time-between-second-dose-booster-may-be-cut-bloomfield/
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In November China's Yutu 2 lunar rover photographed an object on the far side of the moon that was quickly dubbed a 'mystery house'.
According to journalist Andrew Jones, who reports on China's space programme, the cube-shaped image was around 80m away from the rover in an area known as the Von Kármán crater.
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Read more: Why is it taking so long to find out what the 'mystery house' on the moon is?
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2021/12/why-is-it-taking-so-long-to-find-out-what-the-mystery-house-on-the-moon-is.html
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New Zealand's first case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 had arrived in the country from Germany, via Dubai and Auckland, last Friday.
The case has prompted experts to urge the Government to delay opening the border, restrict passengers from high-risk countries, and reconsider allowing Covid-19 patients to isolate at home.
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Read more: First person in NZ with Omicron had flown from Germany six days ago
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300480140/covid19-first-person-in-nz-with-omicron-had-flown-from-germany-six-days-ago
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