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Efforts to put together a global treaty on pandemic preparedness and response are taking too long, a group co-led by former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has concluded.
The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response was set up by the World Health Organization (WHO) last year to assess the response to COVID-19, and find ways to prevent it from happening again.
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Read more: Global pandemic treaty taking too long, Helen Clark-led panel says
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/12/coronavirus-global-pandemic-treaty-taking-too-long-helen-clark-led-panel-says.html
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The United States' brand new Ambassador to New Zealand is making encouraging noises that a free trade agreement (FTA) with the US could finally happen.
Tom Udall is spending his first days in the job after being appointed by US President Joe Biden.
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Read more: New US Ambassador to NZ Tom Udall has free trade agreement on his radar
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While Auckland is under red traffic light rules, most of the rest of the country is adjusting to life under the orange light.
For these areas it's business-as-usual for the vaccinated - with the addition of dancing - but those without a vaccine pass will face restrictions.
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Read more: Protest on first day under orange light, but most embrace COVID-19 vaccine passes
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/12/protest-on-first-day-under-orange-light-but-most-embrace-covid-19-vaccine-passes.html
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What doesn't kill you might actually make you weaker if it's COVID-19, a new study has found.
Researchers in the US who tracked hundreds of patients for 12 months, and found those who'd been ill enough to require hospital care were more than twice as likely to die in the months after they recovered than those who never caught the virus.
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Read more: COVID-19 can kill you months after you've 'recovered', study suggests
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Rocketlab reveals more details on the design of it's Neutron medium lift rocket. Building on Rocket Lab’s proven experience developing the Electron launch vehicle, the advanced 8-ton payload class Neutron launch vehicle is designed to transform space access by delivering reliable and cost-effective launch services for satellite mega-constellations, deep space missions and human spaceflight.
We have all been waiting patiently with baited breath for the reveal and we weren't disappointed. Well Peter Beck did say the the example for the first renderings of Neutron back when he revealed that Rocket Lab were building a bigger rocket looks nothing like Neutron and he was right.
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Read more: Rocketlab reveals more details on Neutron
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An epidemiologist says it's possible Omicron could be a "blessing" rather than a disaster for the globe, pointing to reports it may lead to more mild symptoms than Delta.
Omicron is quickly popping up around the world despite a large number of countries enforcing travel restrictions on people coming from southern African nations where the coronavirus variant is running rampant.
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Read more: Epidemiologist explains why Omicron may be a blessing in disguise
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Tel Aviv is the world's most expensive city to live in, a new report shows, the Israeli city sitting ahead of other urban centres such as Paris, Singapore, Zurich, Hong Kong and New York.
According to the latest Worldwide Cost of Living report released by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a soaring currency, rising house prices and costly goods caused Tel Aviv to move from fifth-most expensive last year, to most expensive in 2021.
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Read more: Tel Aviv ranked world's most expensive city, Auckland moves up to 27th
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Dozens of soldiers and police officers will travel to the Solomon Islands to assist the local government after days of deadly rioting and unrest, and a mounting humanitarian crisis.
The crisis erupted last week with three days of rioting, blamed partly on poverty, hunger and frustration with government policies.
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