COVID-19

Possible COVID-19 treatments – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 20 March 202020 March 2020

Donald Trump is touting an anti-malaria drug as a possible treatment for COVID-19, but it’s not yet clear how effective […]

Treatment of COVID-19 patients – Expert Q+A

Expert Q&A | Published: 18 March 2020

There are now 20 confirmed coronavirus infections in New Zealand – with 12 of them being announced in the last 24 […]

Holding off the COVID-19 recession – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 18 March 202018 March 2020

The government has extended a financial lifeline to businesses, employees, and contractors affected by coronavirus self-isolation. The $12.1 billion package is worth […]

New border restrictions to tackle COVID-19 – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 14 March 202014 March 2020

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that everyone entering New Zealand from anywhere in the world, excluding the Pacific, will be […]

Latest information on COVID-19 – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 04 March 202004 March 2020

A second case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in New Zealand, in a person who had travelled to northern Italy. […]

COVID-19 case confirmed in NZ – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 28 February 202028 February 2020

After spreading across the globe for months, the first case of COVID-19 has been reported in New Zealand. The Ministry […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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