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  • New modelling on the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks in NZ associated with arriving travellers

    … the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks associated with air travel to NZ. We find that the risks are typically very low for … 1.1 years). This risk was equivalent to an average of 110 flights to result in an outbreak. However, the risk could be … only failed due to a tiny proportion of cases having very long incubation periods. In reality, however, NZ has had …
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  • Proposed vaping regulations for NZ: Strengths and limitations

    … Minister Jenny Salesa announced the Government’s long-awaited Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products … The Bill contains some important provisions as it works to strike a balance between ensuring regulated products are … to go further to protect young people from vaping uptake. In this blog, we discuss the provisions, as summarised in the …
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  • Management of Auckland’s border and COVID-19

    … Current MIQ requirements for vaccinated arrivals to Auckland could therefore be dropped for most, without … Auckland to other parts of NZ to help maintain elimination in those places (to give time for improved vaccination … and so in this blog we systematically investigate how risk of infection in fully vaccinated arrivals compares …
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  • COVID-19 and the law in Aotearoa NZ

    … Health and emergency laws have played a critical role in this country’s successful elimination of community … costs, and mask use. The implementation of law relating to COVID-19 has meant that public health law has become real … part of an official inquiry [2]) to assess what more long-term improvements could be made. Among the many new laws …
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  • Might a ‘Coasean’ social contract mitigate overall societal harm from COVID-19?

    … In this blog, we outline how a win-win social contract could be forged to address the major dimensions of response to the COVID-19 … that individuals at high risk who home quarantine for a long-period to protect themselves (and the health system) …
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  • A preventable measles epidemic: Lessons for reforming public health in NZ

    … we have experienced in the last 40 years. It can be linked to the problems created by long-term erosion and fragmentation of national public health … goal and indeed it still lacks an official action plan on how to achieve it, nine years after the goal was adopted [ 15 …
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  • Reducing the health burden from contaminated drinking water in NZ: Opportunities arising from the new Water Services Bill

    … threats, notably the waterborne campylobacter outbreak in Havelock North, have highlighted failings in NZ’s … system for drinking water. In this blog we consider how the new Water Services Bill might provide a framework to enable the new water regulator, Taumata Arowai, to …
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  • Rodents running riot in supermarkets – do we need to worry?

    … Summary  In January and February 2024, the public of Aotearoa New … of other health-relevant problems from rodents (eg, damage to food, damage to insulation, damage to water piping, impact on mental …
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  • Pandemic terminology: getting it right matters for effective risk communication and management

    … in NZ’s response are possible and in this blog we detail how pandemic terminology could be upgraded. Consistent, … for managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, it appears to have been a major strength to date by NZ political leaders … elsewhere [9,10]. While this measure is now required on flights coming into NZ and in quarantine, there is a need for …
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  • Potential new regulatory options for e-cigarettes/ANDS in NZ

    … will slow innovation in the market and may leave the field to the tobacco industry, who then may shape it to their … reasonable to say that there is no scientific consensus on how the potential benefits of ANDS availability compares to … other similar sized new government agencies might not survive changes in government. * Quality criteria for legal …
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