Information round up: Week three of Alert Level 4
Source: Auckland Council
As Aucklanders start week four of life in lockdown, Auckland Emergency Management (AEM) has been busy ensuring that those most affected are...
Access to healthcare for terminal and acute patients must be safeguarded
Source: Human Rights Commission
“Access to health care for people with terminal and acute conditions must be safeguarded,” said Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt.
“These...
ESR scientists take part in COVID-19 collaboration
Source: ESR
ESR scientists will use leading-edge data science methods as they collaborate with experts from around the country on a new COVID-19 research project.
The...
Otago researchers making major contribution to Covid-19 response
Source: University of Otago
Friday 17 April 2020 12:19pmAssociate Professor Jo-Ann Stanton training scientists in molecular sequencing techniques in the Democratic Republic of Congo.A University...
Covid-19 – Nursing staff not to blame, says NZNO
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is disappointed that nursing and other health care staff are being blamed for...
Lockdown – Construction Gears Up for Return to Work
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Site Safe
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On Behalf of the Construction Industry Standards and Protocols Group
The construction industry is tooling up to get back...
Need for best personal protective equipment in NZ is critical
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
By Sir Ray Avery
Auckland – Hundreds of frontline medical staff around the world have died of Covid-19 infection and the need for appropriate...
Taiwanese Donates US$5 Million to Support Italy in Fighting Against COVID-19
Source: Media Outreach
TAIPAI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach – 16 April 2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic has spread out through the world quickly. It has hit Italy...
Five ways New Zealanders’ lives and liberties will be heavily controlled, even after lockdown...
Source: University of Waikato
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Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced details of the next stage of lockdown, but New Zealanders won’t...
Auckland overnight motorway closures 19–25 April 2020
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises of the following closures for critical motorway improvements. Work delayed by bad weather will...
Is disposable safer than reusable? Let’s consult the science…
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand
Since the beginning of the pandemic, many shops and fast-food chains have rightly taken steps to limit contamination in their restaurants...
Alert Level 3 workplace restrictions detail released
Source: Employment New Zealand
On 16 April 2020 the Prime Minister announced what life will look like in New Zealand at Alert Level 3.
A decision...
