Author: James Fyfe

The Minister of Health says it is disgusting to hear that a man allegedly spat on police officers in Auckland while claiming to have COVID-19.

Police were arresting the man in Silverdale on Tuesday when he lashed out at officers as they were putting him in their car, spitting on three of them while claiming he had COVID-19.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/04/coronavirus-health-minister-david-clark-blasts-man-who-allegedly-spat-on-police-officers-claiming-he-had-covid-19.html
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Auckland and Northland region are at Alert Level 4
The rest of New Zealand is in Alert Level 3:

More information can be found here of exact details

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Scientists around the world have been racing to develop treatments, cures and a vaccine for COVID-19 - and are getting closer by the day.

Jacob Glanville, one of the stars of Netflix documentary Pandemic, runs Distributed Bio which has been working to find an antibody therapy.

Yesterday he tweeted we should get ready for a positive announcement this week. He joins Lisa Owen via Skype from San Francisco.

Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDBVwqNOBXY
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Stoners are being told to ease up on the weed over the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, with scientists saying the health risks are significant.

Dr Marta Rychert, a senior research officer at Massey University's SHORE and Whariki Research Centre says around five percent of New Zealand's population uses cannabis as medication.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/cannabis-users-encouraged-to-take-a-break-over-lockdown-period-due-to-covid-19-health-risks.html
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Watch officials give an update on the national and health response at the media conference. There have been 58 new confirmed and probable cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand in the past 24 hours, with 74 people now recovered.

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said there have now been a total of 647 cases in New Zealand.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/coronavirus-ministry-of-health-confirms-58-new-covid-19-cases-in-new-zealand.html
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The State of National Emergency has been extended for another seven days due to the coronavirus pandemic.

It was put in place last week as New Zealand prepared to go into a level 4 alert and can be extended as many times as necessary

Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/state-national-emergency-extended
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The deadly coronavirus COVID-19 could claim more than 14,000 New Zealanders' lives if intensive efforts to eradicate it fail, new research warns.

The Otago University research, co-authored by Professor Nick Wilson and provided to the Ministry of Health, suggests if efforts to eliminate the virus from New Zealand fail, there could be dire consequences for the country.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/coronavirus-14-000-could-die-in-new-zealand-if-containment-measures-fail.html
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New Zealanders living in Australia will have access to the government's $12 billion wage subsidy scheme, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced.

The scheme will apply to Kiwis on 'special category visas' or '444 visas'.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/03/new-zealanders-included-in-australia-s-multi-billion-dollar-wage-subsidy-scheme.html
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