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Another new variant of COVID-19 with dozens of mutations has been discovered, this time in France.
IHU, as it's been dubbed, has the N501Y mutation also found in the Alpha, Beta, Omicron and Gamma variants, which makes it more infectious, and the E484K mutation found in Gamma and Beta, which helps the virus evade people's immunity., as well as numerous other changes.
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Read more: New highly mutated COVID-19 variant detected in France
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/01/coronavirus-new-highly-mutated-covid-19-variant-detected-in-france.html
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Of course there fucken' is... welcome to 2022...
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University of Auckland epidemiologist Rod Jackson says New Zealanders should be very worried about someone with Omicron being in the wider community.
DJ Dimension – whose real name is Robert Etheridge – said in an Instagram post last night he tested positive after 10 days of isolation.
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- Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/health/omicron-is-going-to-come-its-just-too-contagious-expert/
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Kiwis are told to put together emergency kits for a worst-case scenario – but the New Zealand state’s own stockpile is lacking despite an increasingly uncertain global environment, Dr Reuben Steff writes
Comment: Is Aotearoa New Zealand prepared for an increasingly unstable and unpredictable future?
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Read more: A wake-up call for Aotearoa as global instability grows
- Article: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/a-wake-up-call-for-aotearoa-as-global-instability-grows
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After a torrid time in Labour’s last term, Phil Twyford has moved from housing to a bigger crisis - ridding the world of dangerous weapons. The minister has big plans for new areas where New Zealand can make its voice heard.
Which is the more formidable challenge: freeing the world of nuclear weapons, or getting KiwiBuild across the line?
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Read more: NZ takes on autonomous weapons and star wars
- Article: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/technology/twyford-takes-on-autonomous-weapons-outer-space
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An epidemiologist has claimed if Omicron-specific vaccines don't arrive soon, it might pay to let the variant spread - possibly giving people protection against more dangerous future variants, particularly the unvaccinated.
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Read more: Will Omicron hasten the end of the COVID-19 pandemic?
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2022/01/coronavirus-will-omicron-hasten-the-end-of-the-covid-19-pandemic.html
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Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin spoke frankly for nearly an hour early Friday amid growing alarm over Russia's troop buildup near Ukraine, a crisis that's deepened as the Kremlin has stiffened its insistence on border security guarantees and test fired hypersonic missiles to underscore its demands.
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Read more: Biden, Putin talk as alarm grows over Ukraine
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/12/31/biden-putin-talk-as-alarm-grows-over-ukraine/
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MetService is continuing to warn parts of the South Island to be ready for severe thunderstorms and heavy rain on Thursday afternoon and evening, with a potential for "damaging hail" to fall in some areas.
A weather radar picked up sever thunderstorms near Waikouati just after 2pm, causing a severe weather warning for Waitaki and Dunedin.
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Read more: Severe thunderstorms, damaging hail on the way for South Island
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China will take "drastic measures" if Taiwan makes moves towards formal independence, a Beijing official has warned, adding that Taiwan's so-called provocations and outside meddling could intensify next year.
China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and in the past two years has stepped up military and diplomatic pressure to assert its sovereignty claim, fuelling anger in Taipei and concern in Washington.
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Read more: China warns of 'drastic measures' if Taiwan pushes for formal independence
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