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Author: Reuters

South African scientists have detected a new coronavirus variant with multiple mutations but are yet to establish whether it is more contagious or able to overcome the immunity provided by vaccines or prior infection.

The new variant, known as C.1.2, was first detected in May and has now spread to most South African provinces and to seven other countries in Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania, according to research which is yet to be peer-reviewed.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/08/coronavirus-new-covid-19-variant-c-1-2-with-concerning-constellations-of-mutations-found-in-south-africa.html
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Author: Reuters

China has forbidden under-18s from playing video games for more than three hours a week, a stringent social intervention that it said was needed to pull the plug on a growing addiction to what it once described as "spiritual opium".

The new rules, published on Monday, are part of a major shift by Beijing to strengthen control over its society and key sectors of its economy, including tech, education and property, after years of runaway growth.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2021/08/china-bans-under-18s-from-playing-more-than-three-hours-a-week-of-video-games.html
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Author: George Block

Kiwi military personnel deployed away from home as part of the Covid-19 response have been banned from travelling back home during lockdown.

The bad news for out-of-town troops deployed to managed isolation hotels as part of Operation Protection, Defence Force’s contribution to the Covid response, came in a message to personnel from Colonel Stefan Michie, 1 (NZ) Brigade Commander.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300393284/covid19-military-personnel-told-they-cant-return-home-during-alert-level-4
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Author: Krystal Gibbens

The Government is possibly running out of vaccines in September and it could be their own fault. 

In May Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins told Newstalk ZB that Pfizer had confirmed that New Zealand would receive 8 million doses in the third quarter, saying “we will get them all by the end of September.” 

Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/des-gorman-responds-to-revelations-the-government-running-out-of-vaccines-because-it-delayed-its-vaccine-shipment/
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Author: KRISTIN HALL

Some employers are underpaying their workers and First Union says it's expecting to see that continue as lockdown rolls on in Auckland and Northland.

Eyewear company OPSM/Luxottica is paying New Zealand staff 80 per cent of their normal rate of pay. In an email a spokesperson told 1 NEWS that employees are the companies' “most important asset” and the pay reduction is “consistent with previous long-term lockdowns”.

Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/some-employers-underpaying-staff-during-lockdown
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Author: Caley Callahan

The Kiwi Commander in charge of New Zealand's evacuation effort in Afghanistan has spoken for the first time about just how difficult the mission was.

Group Captain Nick Olney compared the rescue to pulling people from a mosh pit, and says they were lucky not to have been at the airport when the first suicide bomber struck.

Flying over a city under Taliban control, our Defence Force (NZDF) lands at Kabul's International Airport, taxiing past lines of people boarding aircraft from around the world in a race to evacuate as many as possible.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/08/nz-defence-force-captain-in-charge-of-afghanistan-evacuation-speaks-about-mission-for-the-first-time.html
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Author: Emma Clark

On September 1, COVID-19 vaccinations will finally be open to all New Zealanders no matter their age, occupation or health status. 

But at the same time as New Zealand is facing the wrath of Delta, we are facing another growing epidemic - the wrath of misinformation, something that is almost impossible to escape. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/08/coronavirus-how-to-protect-anti-vax-loved-ones-from-the-wrath-of-covid-19-vaccine-misinformation.html
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Author: MARC DAALDER

The Government hasn't used Bluetooth tracing to check whether people have been exposed to any new cases since the first day of the outbreak, Marc Daalder reports

The Government has not made use of a contact tracing function that Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins described as a "tool that will help to speed up contact tracing".

Article: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/govt-hasnt-used-bluetooth-tracing-since-start-of-outbreak
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