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  Five ways New Zealand can keep Covid-19 cases at zero | Michael Baker and Nick Wilson

  

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  Modelling shows it is very likely New Zealand has eliminated coronavirus. Keeping it that way is the next big challenge Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageToday, for the first time since 28 February, New Zealand has no active cases of Covid-19.According to our modelling at the the University of Otago, it is now very likely (well above a 95% chance) New Zealand has completely eliminated the virus. This is in line with modelling by our colleagues at Te Pūnaha Matatini (a research centre based at University of Auckland). Continue reading...

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  Words matter: how New Zealand's clear messaging helped beat Covid

  

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  One year on from the nation’s first case of coronavirus, Aotearoa has largely eliminated the virus...

  One year on from the nation’s first case of coronavirus, Aotearoa has largely eliminated the virus - communications played a key part in its successCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage“Stay at home. Protect the NHS. Save lives.” The catch cry of pandemic Britain under Boris Johnson, revived last month, might sound familiar to New Zealanders now enjoying their “unstoppable summer”.Johnson’s three-part slogan...

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  Ardern urged to review New Zealand Covid measures after election landslide

  

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  Veteran epidemiologist calls for review, and openness to adopting measures suggested by political rivals, now that...

  Veteran epidemiologist calls for review, and openness to adopting measures suggested by political rivals, now that voters have given PM a mandateJacinda Ardern won New Zealand’s election with a commanding majority, in part attributed to her handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in her country. But a veteran epidemiologist is exhorting the prime minister to use the political capital gained in her decisive victory to...

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  'Go hard, go early' – now New Zealand goes back to the drawing board

  

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  City of Auckland is under coronavirus lockdown – and ahead of election the government is being...

  City of Auckland is under coronavirus lockdown – and ahead of election the government is being criticised over border control, quarantine and testingWhen scientists in Auckland began modelling an outbreak of Covid-19 in the city’s densely populated southern regions – situated right by the country’s only international airport – they hoped they were participating in a drill scenario.“This is exactly the type of outbreak...

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