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Countdown supermarkets are imposing stringent new measures to protect shoppers and staff as New Zealand goes into lockdown and panic-buying continues.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Monday that from Wednesday night New Zealand would go into an at-least four-week lockdown in an effort to limit the spread of coronavirus COVID-19. This will see non-essential businesses closed, people told to stay home and domestic travel severely limited.
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Read more: Countdown introduces strict measures to keep customers, staff safe during lockdown
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/coronavirus-countdown-introduces-strict-measures-to-keep-customers-staff-safe-during-lockdown.html
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Newshub has learned details of one of the first cases of COVID-19 'community spread'.
The exact source isn't known, but the man became sick after playing a cricket match on the Kapiti Coast.
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Read more: Details of a COVID-19 community spread case in New Zealand revealed
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/coronavirus-details-of-a-covid-19-community-spread-case-in-new-zealand-revealed.html
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Health professionals are warning there's a huge blind spot in the Government's COVID-19 response plan.
An infectious diseases doctor says we need to urgently improve our data on community spread of the virus if we want to avoid ongoing lockdowns.
Otago University infectious diseases senior lecturer Dr Ayesha Verrall says drive-thru swabs isn't enough to build robust data on the actual spread of COVID-19.
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Read more: Doctors warn of blind spot in Government's COVID-19 response plan
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/coronavirus-doctors-warn-of-blind-spot-in-government-s-covid-19-response-plan.html
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New Zealanders are stocking up on firearms in their droves ahead of the closure of gun stores due to the coronavirus pandemic.
On Monday, the Prime Minister announced all non-essential businesses - which includes gun shops - would close for at least four weeks from 11:59pm Wednesday, when New Zealand escalates its COVID-19 alert level from 3 to 4.
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Read more: Queues outside Gun City as Kiwis panic-buy firearms amid COVID-19 lockdown
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CERT NZ is aware of a global increase in reports of cyber criminals using the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic as an opportunity to carry out online scams and malicious cyber activity.
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Read more: Attackers using COVID-19 themed scams
- Article: https://www.cert.govt.nz/individuals/alerts/attackers-using-covid-19-themed-scams/
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OPINION: The Government is trying to throttle the bastard. By announcing a four-week nationwide lockdown, Jacinda Ardern is aiming to break the chain of community transition of Covid-19 as quickly as possible.The Government is doing this early before the number of community cases - currently only at two officially - gets out of hand. In a month the world will know that much more about coronavirus and how to contain it.
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Read more: Shutdown is all about trying to kill Covid-19
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120502593/coronavirus-shutdown-is-all-about-trying-to-kill-covid19
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The New Zealand Defence Force is committed to serving and aiding New Zealand through the rapidly developing situation around COVID-19.
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Read more: New Zealand Defence Force assistance around COVID-19
- Article: https://medium.com/@nzdefenceforce/new-zealand-defence-force-assistance-around-covid-19
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