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  • Preventing outbreaks of COVID-19 in NZ associated with air travel from Australia: New Modelling study of alternatives to quarantine

    … In this new study, we estimated the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks associated with air travel from Australia (with a low prevalence of COVID-19 infection) to NZ. We found that the combined use of … reduce the risk of importing the pandemic virus into a COVID-19-free nation like NZ. Whatever approach is chosen, …
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  • Urgently upgrading NZ’s Covid-19 response

    … Aotearoa NZ’s effective Covid-19 elimination strategy is now threatened by the global … system with a particular focus on mask use, making the Covid Tracer App compulsory for high risk indoor venues, … that of 2020. The Delta variant now accounts for 99% of Covid-19 transmission in the UK 1 and is causing …
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  • Media release: Our fourth wave of Covid-19 and why we should care

    … says New Zealand is clearly experiencing a fourth wave of Covid-19 and health authorities should be reminding us about … hospitalisations and more than 1,000 deaths this year from Covid-19. This fourth wave is potentially driven by a rise in … waves may indicate what we can expect to see with Covid-19 in coming years. But there are still major …
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  • Ventilation in NZ schools during the Omicron wave – results from a preliminary study

    … public health measure that can reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission. Last year we outlined the need for … opening.  Introduction Schools are a primary setting for Covid-19 transmission. At 25 February 2022, more than 717 … in NZ. Worldwide the Omicron variant is causing explosive Covid-19 outbreaks with cases in children increasing …
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  • Time to stop dodging bullets? NZ’s eight recent border control failures

    … in Aotearoa/NZ relating to the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19, since early August 2020, equivalent to one every … community transmission of the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19. 1 It has sustained the lowest COVID-19 mortality rate in the OECD. 2 However, since early …
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  • Health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 response: NZ compared to OECD countries

    … has achieved the lowest death rate in the OECD from the COVID-19 pandemic, equivalent to around 2000 lives saved … border controls and other measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, NZ has been the only country to … elimination as a potential outcome). Mortality data for COVID-19 were from the Worldometers website 3 for probable …
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  • Monitoring and forecasting the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand including the successful impact of the lockdown

    … transmissibility of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. We demonstrate the usefulness of the … on containing the pandemic in New Zealand. The global COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented public health … a mean of 7.5 days and SD of 3.4 days from the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan (China). Other researchers report a smaller …
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  • Australia’s Quarantine Systems Failures: Lessons for NZ

    … have successfully eliminated community transmission of COVID-19, albeit with occasional outbreaks from imported …   Overall, NZ and Australia have done very well with their COVID-19 pandemic responses and they are ranked 2nd and 9th … bubble”) provides an opportunity to benchmark COVID-19 border control policies and practices, identify …
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  • Might a ‘Coasean’ social contract mitigate overall societal harm from COVID-19?

    … forged to address the major dimensions of response to the COVID-19 pandemic when using a mitigation strategy: the … immunity arose in the population. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, most countries have adopted a ‘flattening … risk of harm to health, welfare and the economy from the COVID-19 pandemic. Those most at risk of hospitalisation and …
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  • Reducing the risk of Covid-19 transmission through the use of air purifiers

    … the risk of transmission for the virus that causes Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2) by containment and concentration of the … principles of using air purifiers to reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission.   Examples of air purifiers (source … with low levels of ventilation are high-risk settings for Covid-19 transmission, as an infected person can breathe out …
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