Public health strategy Henry Cooke and Luke Malpass (Stuff): Poll shows Kiwis back harsh measures but are extremely worried about virus Luke Malpass (Stuff): Poll shows Kiwis back the Leviathan of the state Michael Baker (The Conversation): ‘Overjoyed’: a leading health expert on New Zealand’s coronavirus shutdown, and the
New Zealand is now at Level 3 to stop and eradicate COVID-19. Full detail of what Alert Level 3 entails can be found at the Government’s COVID19.govt.nz website. PM and Finance Minister Update * Confirmed 12 had now fully recovered, and this number was likely to increase. * Staying
Prime Minister’s statement: * Alert Level 3 now in place immediately * PM will issue an epidemic notice and will move country to a national civil defence emergency * Two cases of possible community spread. * Potential for cases to double every five days. * Reviewed in 48 hours, will go to Level 4
Reports out of Europe this week say that as a result of the lockdowns over there, too many people are using Netflix and YouTube, and as a result, the Internet is becoming overloaded and slow. As a result, YouTube and Netflix will temporarily reduce video quality in the United Kingdom
According to Jo Moir, Peeni Henare supports Maori communities breaking the law. What Peeni Henare is actually saying is that he disagrees with his Prime Minister and the Ministry of Health both of whom are saying that we are at Level Two in our response to COVID-19. He is a
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Naftali Bennet, the Israeli Defence Minister says on Facebook: We will take care of the elders of the state of Israel. Operation “saving grandpa and grandma” is underway:The Goal:Protect everything from the adult population from Corona. The method:1. Old people who have family and family members will
Cruise Ships as Floating Isolation Wards? Right now there are four cruise ships in Auckland. They are all empty – no passengers. They are the La Laperouse, Silver Muse, Bremen and Noordam. Noordam has been moored off Whangaparaoa since Wednesday last week. La Laperouse also; until Saturday night when it moored
UPDATED/URGENT Request of Doctors: This petition has clearly grown beyond just medical professionals now, with many other people signing the petition. If you are a doctor, please urgently sign this doctors-only petition instead: https://bit.ly/nzmedicalspecialistspetition as it is being delivered very soon. This alternative petition was created
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Ministry of Health briefing: * 14 new cases confirmed. * Total is now 66. * Five cases were in Auckland, 1 case in Northland, 1 in Canterbury, 2 in New Plymouth, 2 in Waikato, 1 in Tauranga, 1 in Coromandel, and 1 in Dunedin. * 11 have history of international travel. 2 cases have
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A reader noticed this on the local Helensville Community Facebook page: So they decided to email the self-isolation email that was pushed everywhere on Friday and Saturday by the Ministry of Health. This was the reply: Riiight…you can’t even play a knock, knock joke with that because there
The only good news for shoppers is that there were plenty of supplies of Vegan food. It appears that even during a pandemic no one wants it. If you enjoyed this BFD article please consider sharing it with your friends.
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Today’s Vigilante of the day, Rawiri Waititi has reacted to our PM’s weak as dishwater COVID-19 response by taking the law into his own hands and illegally enforcing what he describes as border controls in an attempt to protect his community. He and his community will be enforcing
