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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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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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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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Schools will close, buses will come to a standstill, and businesses will shut, as New Zealand shuts down in hope of halting coronavirus' spread.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Monday that the country would enter level 4 of the Covid-19 threat alert system at midnight on Wednesday, placing every New Zealander into lockdown in roughly 48 hours time.
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Read more: What happens before New Zealand's coronavirus lockdown
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120503174/the-next-48-hours-what-happens-before-new-zealands-coronavirus-lockdown
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