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A Chinese doctor who was silenced by police for trying to share news about the new coronavirus long before Chinese health authorities disclosed its full threat has died from the disease, his friends and colleagues said.
Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital, became a national hero and a symbol of the Chinese government's systemic failings last month.
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Read more: Chinese doctor who tried to raise alarm on coronavirus in Wuhan dies from disease
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/119333353/chinese-doctor-who-tried-to-raise-alarm-on-coronavirus-in-wuhan-dies-from-disease
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A Chinese doctor among the first to alert authorities to the deadly coronavirus has died from the illness.
Local media first reported on Friday morning (NZ Time), that Dr Li Wenliang had succumbed to the virus which has spread across the globe. The World Health Organisation (WHO) soon confirmed the news, saying "we all need to celebrate work that he did on" the illness.
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Read more: Coronavirus outbreak: Chinese doctor who warned about infection dies from illness
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/02/coronavirus-outbreak-chinese-doctor-who-warned-about-infection-dies-from-illness.html
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We all know the impact the coronavirus is having on lives around the world, but particularly on business and tourism back here in New Zealand.
Now the call has gone out for a delay in raising the minimum wage because of it.
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Read more: Hospitality NZ calls for delay to minimum wage increase
- Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/julie-white-hospitality-nz-calls-for-delay-to-minimum-wage-increase-due-to-coronavirus/
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Destiny's Church leader Brian Tamaki has got stuck into immigrants and Jacinda Ardern in a wide-ranging sermon at Waitangi.
He arrived with about 200 supporters, including his wife Hannah, and was one of many who spoke to the crowd of about 1500 people at an interdenominational service at Whare Rūnanga on the Upper Treaty Grounds.
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Read more: Brian Tamaki gets stuck into immigrants, Jacinda Ardern at Waitangi
- Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/destinys-church-leader-brian-tamaki-addresses-crowd-at-waitangi
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“A contract for Canada to upgrade two New Zealand frigates illustrates a budding, mutually-beneficial, Pacific-focused relationship,” according to Melbourne-based political analyst Grant Wyeth reporting for Washington D.C.-based online international news magazine, The Diplomat.
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Read more: New Zealand’s Role in Canada’s Pacific Shift
- Article: https://www.nzedge.com/news/new-zealands-role-canadas-pacific-shift/
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Ten more people were sickened with coronavirus aboard the Diamond Princess in Yokohama, one of two quarantined cruise ships with some 5,400 passengers and crew aboard, health officials in Japan said today.
The coronavirus death doll has now claimed 563 lives, with over 28,000 confirmed cases.
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Read more: New Zealander among group of people infected with coronavirus on-board Japan cruise ship
- Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/new-zealander-among-group-people-infected-coronavirus-board-japan-cruise-ship
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A New Zealander on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has confirmed.
In a statement to Stuff, a MFAT spokesperson said the ministry was giving consular assistance to a New Zealander who has tested positive for coronavirus on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Yokohama, Japan.
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Read more: Kiwi tests positive for coronavirus on quarantined cruise ship in Japan
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A New Zealander has tested positive for coronavirus on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan, an MFAT spokesperson has confirmed to Newshub.
"No further details will be provided for privacy reasons," a spokesperson said.
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Read more: Kiwi tests positive for coronavirus on cruise ship near Japan
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/02/kiwi-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-on-cruise-ship-near-japan.html
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