Aotearoa New Zealand has entered new COVID territory, characterized by high vaccination rates but also the rapid spread of the omicron variant and rising numbers of hospitalizations.
Mar 9, 2022
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Back in August, New Zealand's government put the entire nation on lockdown after a single community case of the coronavirus was detected.
Mar 8, 2022
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Sometimes the best things you can do are invisible.
Feb 8, 2022
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The controversy surrounding New Zealand journalist Charlotte Bellis, who has now accepted a place in border quarantine after initially seeking refuge in Afghanistan when her first application was declined, has highlighted ...
Feb 3, 2022
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Within a month of the first community exposure to omicron in Aotearoa New Zealand, the variant has already become the dominant strain of COVID-19.
Feb 2, 2022
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Volcano-devastated Tonga will close its borders Wednesday after COVID-19 was detected in the previously virus-free Pacific kingdom as it struggles to recover from last month's deadly disaster, officials said.
Feb 1, 2022
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The long-standing enigma of why so many patients suffering with high blood pressure (known as hypertension) also have diabetes (high blood sugar) has finally been cracked by an international team led by the universities of ...
Feb 1, 2022
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The omicron variant has caused serious disruption to schooling overseas. As Aotearoa New Zealand prepares for an omicron outbreak, we expect calls to close schools as case numbers rise.
Jan 26, 2022
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New Zealand is among the few remaining countries to have avoided any outbreaks of the omicron variant—but Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Thursday an outbreak was inevitable and the nation would tighten restrictions ...
Jan 20, 2022
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A professor at Waterloo Engineering collaborated with researchers in New Zealand on the development of a method to disinfect personal protective equipment (PPE) for reuse or recycling.
Jan 18, 2022
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