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  • How best to classify and count NZ’s border control failures in the COVID-19 pandemic?

    … In taking a systems approach to pandemic control, it is helpful to … health workers, iwi [3], and indeed the whole “Team of 5 million”. The staff in managed isolation and quarantine … failure” where the failure results from another pathway (eg, the infection of a port worker as detailed in Table 1). …
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  • COVID-19 hospitalisation peaks in Australian States since Omicron emerged: potential relevance to Aotearoa NZ

    … the hospitalisation and ICU burden from the recent waves of COVID-19 in Australia, dominated by the Omicron variant. … at 424 people. Applying the Australian experience to NZ on a per capita basis would suggest peaks of 1,107 people in NZ … recent IHME modelling in NZ that are substantially higher (eg, peaking at 2,395 people in hospital and 458 in ICU in the …
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  • Protecting New Zealand children from the developing Omicron outbreak

    … community transmission caused by the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In this blog we outline what is … 18 years) in this outbreak. Key principles include taking a whānau-centred, not a school system-centred approach; … high direct impacts from the spread of the infection (eg, large numbers of cases) as well as indirect impacts (eg, …
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  • Urgent action needed to prevent a measles epidemic in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … Summary Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) risks a large measles epidemic. Child immunisation coverage at two years of age has been falling and is now 83% overall, and 69% for … would make it easier to manage quarantine arrangements (eg, online learning) for non-vaccinated students who have had …
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  • Preparing for Omicron: A proactive Government response is urgently needed to minimise harms

    … Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) could improve preparations for a likely national outbreak of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 to minimise harms to … of active border cases down to a more manageable number (eg, less than five a day) then we’ve got a much better chance …
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  • Poor ventilation in public transport settings in Aotearoa NZ: New data for buses and trains

    … 2 ) levels in public transport settings in Aotearoa NZ as a proxy measure for poor ventilation and increased Covid-19 … transmission risk. In buses and trains with more than 50% of seats occupied, ventilation was typically poor 94% and 77% … (CO 2  levels above 800 ppm). These and other NZ findings (eg, from a 2022 study of Wellington’s Metlink buses) are …
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  • A public health perspective on taxing harmful products

    … The New Zealand Government has set up a Tax Working Group to consider reforms of the tax system. In this blog we briefly discuss some of … But in other ways NZ Governments have acted sub-optimally eg, this country’s carbon pricing mechanism has been widely …
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  • Where do the parties stand? Taxes to protect health and reduce inequity

    … Summary This Briefing reports on our survey of the political parties’ tax policies. It finds that … an element of polluter pays for addressing climate change (eg, the Emissions Trading Scheme), there was mixed support … Centre contacted each of the five major parties with a set of questions about their position on five areas …
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  • Potential impact of an Omicron outbreak: A look at the IHME modelling for NZ

    … In this blog we summarise the results of modelling for an Omicron variant outbreak of Covid-19 in … more preparations in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) concerning a future national outbreak of Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 … in publications on Covid-19 modelling in top journals (eg, this study ). Also a leading team member (Prof Chris …
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  • Covid-19 Case-Fatality Risk & Infection-Fatality Risk – important measures to help guide the pandemic response

    … Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The cumulative number of Covid-19 infections in NZ is not known, but if we assume … As we have discussed previously , NZ has managed through a range of public health   measures  to maintain a relatively … In general, genome sequencing needs to be maintained (eg, of a random sample of people arriving in NZ and for a …
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