Category : News
Author: Rachel Sadler

A rumour New Zealand will enter lockdown on January 15 has been slammed as false by the All-of-Government COVID-19 Response Group after the untrue claims circulated on social media.

The rumours appeared to start spreading at the beginning of January. On Twitter, one person claimed the "NZ script" of what will happen is that the "mutant strain", presumably meaning the new United Kingdom and South Africa variant, will arrive on Aotearoa's shores and there will "be a quarantine breach". 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/01/coronavirus-new-zealand-not-entering-planned-lockdown-on-january-15-officials.html
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Author: Vita Molyneux

The Government has pushed through new measures to protect New Zealand against COVID-19.

On Tuesday, the Government announced it will give the Director-General of Health the power to require a negative pre-departure COVID-19 test from all New Zealanders returning to the country - and he will soon do so.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/01/covid-19-govt-announces-stricter-border-testing-requirements-for-returning-kiwis.html
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Author: Scott Palmer & Shannon Redstall

A top health expert is calling on the Government to stop people coming to New Zealand from the US and UK as new COVID-19 variants continue to spread amongst their populations.

Both the South African and the UK variants have been identified as between 50 and 70 percent more contagious than the strain that previously circulated New Zealand.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/01/block-new-zealand-s-borders-to-us-uk-travellers-to-save-us-from-new-covid-19-strains-dr-michael-baker.html
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Category : News
Author: Mike Mather

A Waikato housing developer has declared he will never again build homes for the state after a Hamilton home his firm constructed went up in flames.

John Kenel, the chief executive of Cambridge-based firm Assured Property, questioned why taxpayers are investing money to build quality homes for “people who are not contributing” and who “treat them like crap”.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/property/123881826/i-wont-build-for-housing-nz-again-developer
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Author: Reuters

Brazilian researchers have identified the concerning new coronavirus variant first discovered in South Africa in a woman who contracted COVID-19 for the second time, and said it was the first such case reported in the world.

There have been other cases of reinfection in Brazil and the South African variant had previous been detected, but reinfection with this mutation of the virus is believed to be a first, researchers said.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/01/coronavirus-south-african-variant-reinfects-recovered-covid-19-patient.html
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Author: Rosie Gordon

Despite COVID-19, Kiwi scientists are preparing to sail to Antarctica. 

It's one of a few expeditions to the continent since the outbreak of the pandemic - and they are taking a COVID-testing machine with them. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/01/kiwi-scientists-to-sail-to-antarctica-with-covid-19-testing-machine.html
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Category : News
Author: China Uncensored

Jack Ma missing?! Mass arrests in Hong Kong target pro-democracy activists and even an American citizen. It happened on January 6, the same day as the US Capitol descended into chaos as protesters broke into the Capitol Building. And the Chinese Communist Party is using it as a propaganda field day to criticize Democracy.

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Category : News
Author: Dan Satherley

A doctor who appears in a viral social media post claiming doctors have found the COVID-19 vaccine works best for men if it's injected directly into the penis has labelled it a "work of mischief". 

The post, which has been circulating on Facebook since the new year, is clearly fake - but it's fooled many people, including some here in New Zealand, where it's been spread by pages set up by supporters of outgoing US President Donald Trump. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2021/01/coronavirus-doctors-urge-men-not-to-inject-covid-19-vaccine-into-their-penis.html
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