Author: Matt Burrows

Viral social media posts and some tabloid media outlets have purported that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has mutated and is causing a range of new symptoms.

The posts, some of which have been marked as false by Facebook's fake news filter, provide a full list of 'expanded' symptoms of the disease beyond those issued by the World Health Organisation such as fever, dry coughing and tiredness.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/03/coronavirus-is-covid-19-mutating-new-symptoms-and-will-it-in-the-future.html
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Author: NZDF

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) contribution to the successful mission to train members of the Iraqi Security Forces to combat ISIS is at an end and the first troops from the final contingent have arrived home.

Since December the NZDF has had 45 personnel in Camp Taji at the joint Building Partner Capacity mission with the Australians.

Article: https://medium.com/@nzdefenceforce/nz-troops-arrive-back-from-iraq-as-training-mission-ends-675742cca0f4
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Author: Lana Andelane

New Zealand has 76 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total of confirmed and probable cases to 589.

The latest figures were announced by the Ministry of Health's Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield during a press conference on Monday.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/coronavirus-ministry-of-health-confirms-76-new-covid-19-cases-in-new-zealand.html
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Author: Dan Satherley & Mark Quinlivan & Lana Andelane

New Zealand has recorded its first death from the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19. 

The case was reported by health officials on Sunday afternoon.

She was a West Coast woman in her 70s.

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Author: Lana Andelane

Online shopping might be a preferred pastime for many New Zealanders, but buying and selling on digital marketplaces could come at a cost amid the country's COVID-19 crisis. 

While New Zealand's largest online auction website, Trade Me, has effectively shut up shop for the duration of the four-week lockdown, Facebook Marketplace is still open for business - meaning sellers could be breaking lockdown protocol by trading in-person. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/coronavirus-how-to-shop-safely-on-digital-marketplaces-during-the-covid-19-lockdown.html
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Author: Sky News Australia

Countries should be "asking for reparations” from China after its insistence coronavirus posed no danger to the rest of the world says Sky News host Rowan Dean. “The damages done to the world by the Chinese cover up … is running into the trillions of dollars,” he said. Mr Dean's comments come in light of recent revelations of Australian-based Chinese companies buying pallets-worth of medical supplies like masks, hazmat suits, and gloves to be sent over to China in January and February.

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Employers skimming from Government support schemes have been sent a strong message to treat employees right during the coronavirus crisis, a union boss says.

Another says most employers are doing the right thing, and are under incredible pressure - but should not be put off applying for wage subsidies for fear of getting it wrong.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/03/coronavirus-employers-pocketing-wage-subsidy-should-look-in-the-mirror-union.html
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