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  • More wastewater testing could guide optimal Covid-19 control on the path back to elimination

    … to be Covid-19 free, when compared to typical levels of community testing. It also achieves these better results at perhaps only 1% of the cost of community testing. Even though there are large benefits in maximising the use of wastewater testing, community testing does still have a critical role to play, …
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  • Pandemic terminology: getting it right matters for effective risk communication and management

    … OECD countries NZ is a stand-out success story by ending community transmission of COVID-19. While there have been … organisation), there has still been no evidence of community transmission for many weeks. Nevertheless, further … if border control failures resulted in outbreaks in the community. For example, mass mask use needs to be built into …
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  • Australia’s Quarantine Systems Failures: Lessons for NZ

    … NZ and Australian states have successfully eliminated community transmission of COVID-19, albeit with occasional … failure as where a border/health worker or person in the community with a link to the quarantine/isolation system … they have a chance to establish as an outbreak in the community). There have been other improvements in the …
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  • Reducing the spread of antibiotic resistance in New Zealand, action is long overdue!

    … Summary Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) has had high rates of community antibiotic dispensing for many years, much of it … benefit.  An unavoidable consequence of the high rate of community antibiotic use in NZ is that the prevalence of … from other countries shows that large reductions in community antibiotic use can be achieved without adverse …
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  • How might NZ expand community water fluoridation?

    … updated review of the evidence for safety and benefit of community water fluoridation (CWF) based on published … and adults, could be prevented by expanding CWF. How could community water fluoridation be expanded further in NZ? … government funding and law Given the benefits to the community (and the savings to taxpayers who pay for child …
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  • Urgent measures needed to allow the safe re-opening of Auckland schools

    … and other regions of the country where there is ongoing community transmission of COVID-19. These include very high … areas of Auckland with low vaccination uptake, and current community cases, may contribute to further transmission of … The Auckland region of New Zealand is experiencing ongoing community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta …
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  • Lessons from jurisdictions that are battling their own Delta variant outbreaks

    … The first Delta-variant outbreak in the community brings a new challenge to Aotearoa New Zealand’s … new bookings in MIQ facilities to free up spaces for community cases. However, with NZ nearly two weeks into its first COVID-19 Delta outbreak in the community, we should be learning from other countries’ Delta …
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  • Intensifying Covid-19 Control Measures: 5 Measures for Faster Elimination and 5 Measures to Prevent Future outbreaks

    … accelerated efforts to ensure more rapid elimination of community transmission. In this blog we look at five critical … infections. There are recent efforts to enhance focused community testing in suburbs of Auckland where undetected community transmission may be occurring. These efforts are …
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  • When the first barrier fails: Strengthening protection for drinking water sources

    … which we take our drinking water. However, as a Canterbury community found last year when they were notified that their … in Aotearoa’s drinking water supply system to ensure community health is prioritised and future contamination … for nitrate. The breach revealed a failure to protect the community’s source water from contamination, despite the …
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  • Protecting New Zealand children from the developing Omicron outbreak

    … Zealand (NZ) is likely to soon be experiencing widespread community transmission caused by the Omicron variant of the … potential long-term harms. Māori leadership at policy and community level will be needed to ensure that children will … to the capacity of schools to continue functioning when community transmission levels are high. An important impact …
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