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2019-nCoV

Exiting Alert Level 4 – Expert Reaction

Exiting Alert Level 4 – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 20 April 202020 April 2020

New Zealand will move from Alert Level 4 to Alert Level 3 at 11:59pm on Monday, 27 April, Prime Minister […]

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Bracing for novel coronavirus on NZ shores – Expert Reaction

Bracing for novel coronavirus on NZ shores – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 04 February 202027 February 2020

The New Zealand government is going against World Health Organization recommendations by restricting entry to passengers from mainland China. The […]

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Novel coronavirus and border screening – Expert Reaction

Novel coronavirus and border screening – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 30 January 202027 February 2020

Kiwis currently in Wuhan will be evacuated in a joint Australian-New Zealand operation, as a novel strain of coronavirus continues […]

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Novel coronavirus origins and wider impacts – Expert Reaction

Novel coronavirus origins and wider impacts – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 28 January 202027 February 2020

The novel coronavirus continues to spread, with the World Health Organization reporting that the virus has killed 81 people and infected […]

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Could new coronavirus have come from snakes? – Expert Reaction

Could new coronavirus have come from snakes? – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 24 January 202027 February 2020

The novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, may have come from snakes according to an evolutionary analysis of the virus. Research published in […]

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