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Covid-19 Delta variant: What you need to know
Explainer - Officials are assuming the person who visited Wellington from Sydney has the Delta variant of Covid-19, but what is it? RNZ is here to clear it all up. Audio
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Wellington Covid-19 scare: Shaun Hendy's analysis
Professor Shaun Hendy is a Covid-19 modelling expert and the director of Te Punaha Matatini.
He talks to Lisa Owen about the Wellington case.
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Covid-19: expert urges a cautious approach
Audio 23 Jun 2021Experts are urging Wellingtonians to take a cautious approach over the coming days, as the extent of Covid-19 spread is ascertained. Professor Shaun Hendy is a Covid-19 data modelling expert and the… Audio
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More effective to vaccinate more socially mobile people?
Would it be more effective to vaccinate more socially mobile people before the elderly? A study by researchers at the University of Oslo, published today, says yes. Perlina Lau speaks to the director… Audio
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Covid-19 modeller warns against complacency as Victoria arrivals self-isolate
About 5000 people who have recently arrived from Victoria must take all possible precautions to avoid a Covid-19 community outbreak in New Zealand too, a disease modeller has warned. Audio
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Covid-19: Chance virus got to NZ from Melbourne 'relatively low' - Hendy
The Australian state of Victoria is back in lockdown after a Covid-19 outbreak in Melbourne.
It's forced NZ to close the bubble with the state and ask 5000 people who visited the city and travelled… Audio
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Melbourne bracing for lockdown as Covid-19 cases climb
A new lockdown in Melbourne is all but inevitable - after 11 new cases of Covid-19 were discovered overnight. That brings the cluster to 26 total cases. The only question for health officials in… Audio
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2020 Prime Minister's Science Prize winners
There are some familiar names as well as some new faces among the winners of the 2020 Prime Minister's Science Prizes. Audio
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Our Changing World for 15 April 2021
2020 Prime Minister's Science Prize winners talk about their research and teaching. Audio
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Covid-19 modeller says evidence points to missing link in cases
Health officials are investigating whether there is an unknown person linking the three latest Covid-19 cases.
A third worker at the Grand Millennium managed isolation facility in Auckland has now… Audio
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Expert group to advise govt on Covid-19 vaccine targets, border changes
The government has established a new scientific advisory group to advise it on crucial Covid-19 decisions, including any changes at the border and the ongoing vaccine rollout. Audio
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Trans-Tasman bubble: Tourism industry 'raring to go' as announcement due
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will this afternoon announce when the country will begin a long anticipated trans-Tasman bubble with Australia. Audio
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Trans-Tasman bubble 'not greatly increasing risk to NZ' - Hendy
The Prime Minister is set to announce a date for a trans-Tasman bubble between Australia and New Zealand. It will be a relief for those clamouring to cross the ditch, but comes with a warning… Audio
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Covid-19: Govt rejects Nats' push for outbreak inquiry
The government has poured cold water on the call for an inquiry into the Valentine's Day outbreak.
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Covid-19 alert levels drop this morning
Auckland is now at Covid-19 alert level 2 and the rest of the country at alert level 1.
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Experts confident cluster appears to be contained
A Covid-19 modeller and an epidemiologist say the alert level changes at the end of last week were justified, despite no new community cases for five days.
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Professor Hendy recommends vigilance as Auckland drops alert levels
Covid-19 modeller Professor Shaun Hendy from Auckland University research centre Te Pūnaha Matatini says it was an obvious call to drop Covid-19 alert levels, after five days of no new Covid-19… Video, Audio
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NZ should stay at Alert Level 2, but Auckland could join it - Hendy
The UK strain of Covid-19 packs a sting in its tail, which is why one leading modeller believes New Zealand should remain at a level two alert setting beyond this week.
Cabinet meets today to… Audio
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Covid-19: Decision day for Auckland's latest lockdown
An expert in the spread of Covid 19 wants the country to stay at Alert Level 2 even if the government decides to take Auckland out of Level 3.
Cabinet is meeting today to decide whether the country… Audio
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NZ should stay at level 2 for longer if Auckland restrictions ease - expert
New Zealand should stay at alert level 2 for longer, even if a decision is made to drop Auckland's level, Shaun Hendy says.
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Community surprised as Auckland moved into alert level 2
Doctors on the frontline of the latest outbreak are on high alert despite the government moving Auckland to level 2. Audio
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Covid-19: Have we done enough tests for outbreak?
The Government still unsure where the Auckland family caught the the highly-contagious UK variant of Covid-19.
So has enough testing been done for the country to move on?
Covid-19 data modelling… Audio
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Covid-19: What happened in New Zealand on 15 February
The first batch of Pfizer vaccines arrived, the government was urged to increase saliva testing, and thousands turned out to get tested.
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Source of Auckland community cases may never be found - experts
The Prime Minister has pledged to leave no stone unturned in the search for the source of Auckland's community cases, despite experts warning the source may never be known.
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Covid-19: Prof Hendy details new cases, UK strain
Professor Shaun Hendy from Auckland University research centre Te Punaha Matatini joins Lisa Owen to discuss the latest on the new Covid-19 cases in the community in New Zealand, and the modelling of… Video, Audio