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  • How to Systematically Reduce the Border Failure Risk for COVID-19 in Aotearoa/NZ

    … With the 2020 election over and with a newly elected government, it is an excellent time for a systematic review by NZ health authorities to identify … work around the CovidCard (a Bluetooth enabled card that can be worn around the neck) and other digital options. …
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  • Australia’s Quarantine Systems Failures: Lessons for NZ

    … programmes, starting with border workers, has been a favourable development in recent months. NZ and Australia … valuable when it becomes clearer that vaccines can substantially prevent transmission, in addition to … quarantine are required because quarantine system failures can be very costly in terms of lives and economic impacts …
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  • Covid-19 vaccines still protect us: How do we get the best out of them?

    … Combining vaccination with other measures as part of a comprehensive prevention strategy for respiratory … as it has from early in the pandemic . 1 Multiple studies show protection – both earlier (2022) and later (2023-24) in … only in minor ways, as is currently the case. 30 Problems can arise with a major evolutionary shift as happened from …
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  • Longer-term harm from Covid-19 in children: The evidence suggests greater efforts are needed to protect children in Aotearoa NZ from infection

    … [MIS-C] and long Covid) are well-described. But there is a lack of robust evidence about the prevalence of these … infection of the throat or skin, and multiple sclerosis can occur years after Epstein-Barr infection (glandular … and everyday life affected by these symptoms. 18 Case data show that long Covid may make children feel unwell for months …
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  • The changing COVID-19 situation in Taiwan – what can NZ learn from Taiwan’s latest outbreak?

    … effective response to COVID-19 during 2020. However, a recent surge of community cases in northern Taiwan from … hotspots nationwide to eliminate diagnosis delays’ , which can give results in ~20 minutes and may alleviate some of the … dose is 33% effective against variant from India, data show. BMJ, 2021. 373 : p. n1346. Grout L, Katar A, Summers J, …
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  • Good firearms law needs multiple defensive layers: The Swiss cheese model

    … Summary The Ministry of Justice has released a discussion document for the rewrite of the Arms Act 1983. … Act 1983 is an opportunity to consider how firearms safety can be improved in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). Here we … between firearms safety policies: individual policies may show only small or uncertain effects, but the most …
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  • Can pandemic threats justify border closure for island nations like NZ?

    … infectious agents and possible synthetic bioweapons. In a study we just published in a journal, we explored the costs … that it is unlikely to be able to prevent importation, and can have huge economic and personal costs. Eg, the potential … that historically there is evidence that border closure can be effective in preventing the spread of pandemic …
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  • Ventilation in NZ schools during the Omicron wave – results from a preliminary study

    … Ventilation is a key and relatively underutilised public health measure that can reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission. Last year we … type. Conclusions Findings from this preliminary study show that classrooms (and gyms) in a small sample of NZ …
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  • Five Strategic Approaches to Achieving the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal

    … Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 has been described as “a world-leading, bold ‘endgame’ goal” [1]. The goal’s origins … also become more feasible over time, given that NZ smokers can now access ENDS products easily and the argument that this intervention represents de facto prohibition can no longer be sustained. Furthermore, surveys have …
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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 COVID-19 response. … implemented lockdown (whether regional or nationwide) can be effective in dealing with Delta outbreaks when coupled … Queensland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China and Singapore show that it is possible to control Delta outbreaks, although …
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