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Community meetings are being held in Southland this week as part of the biosecurity response to a deadly oyster parasite in Foveaux Strait.

Medical and military personnel who have been infected with Covid-19 are not part of the frontline response teams, health officials said.

The US president's executive order will ban Americans from investing in 59 Chinese tech and defence firms with alleged military ties.

Fijian authorities have confirmed 28 new cases of Covid-19, taking the total number of active cases to 349.

Parliament’s business often develops themes. Recently there’s a been a strong flavour of security with a side of white supremacy threats.

Fiji's case count since its most recent Covid-19 outbreak began in April this year is now over 300.

At least 10 doctors at a private medical facility in Fiji are in quarantine after a colleague tested positive for Covid-19.

The variant first detected in the UK becomes Alpha, with the other variants detected originally in South Africa, Brazil and India also renamed.

Fijian health authorities have confirmed 29 more cases of Covid-19.

Forty six people from Fiji's central division where the capital Suva is located, have tested positive for Covid-19, taking the national total to 195 active cases.

A camera system that uses AI and facial recognition intended to reveal states of emotion has been tested on Uyghurs in Xinjiang, the BBC has been told.

Random checks of 13 MIQ hotels in February and March found staff shortages, PPE supply problems, returnees left to mingle and bus drivers not complying with PPE rules.

Fijian health authorities recorded 11 more Covid-19 cases late last night to bring the daily total on Tuesday to 21.

The number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in India has moved past 300,000 as the country continues to grapple with the pandemic.

Two prison guards have admitted falsifying records on the night disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in August 2019.

The BBC should take "every possible step" to ensure that nothing like its deceit of the Princess of Wales to secure an interview ever happens again, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.

Southland's celebration of all that is salty and slimy is back as the Bluff Oyster Festival returns today.

The BBC fell short of "high standards of integrity and transparency" over Martin Bashir's 1995 interview with Princess Diana, an inquiry has found.

An inquiry into the Southern District Health Board's admission to the national bowel screening programme will be a distraction, the Ministry of Health says.

There are calls for a public inquiry into Southern DHB's colonoscopy service for diagnosing bowel cancer.

Scientists are testing thousands of oysters as part of the government's biosecurity response to a deadly oyster parasite found in Foveaux Strait.

A review is needed of wastewater sampling to work out its effectiveness in picking up Covid-19 outbreaks early, epidemiologist professor Michael Baker says. Audio

Two weak positive results for Covid-19 detected in Wellington's wastewater are likely to have come from recently recovered cases continuing to shed the virus, the Ministry of Health says.