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New Zealand warned to be alert at the border after spike in fake Covid-19 test results overseas • Source: 1 NEWS
New Zealand’s Customs workers should start watching closely for fake Covid-19 test results at the border, after a spike in fraudulent activity overseas, according to a local expert.
By Digby Werthmuller
Professor Dave Parry, who works in the Department of Computer Science at Auckland University of Technology, warns that the current paper-based system has security flaws which leave it open to manipulation.
It’s been a problem seen overseas with international agencies reporting dozens of arrests at borders, where travellers are required to provide a negative test result within 72 hours of departure.
Privileges for the vaccinated?
German foreign minister Heiko Maas thinks those who have had two corona shots should be allowed to go back to normal life sooner. Hardly anyone agrees. Elizabeth Rushton, 19.1.2021 - 16:26 Uhr
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Photo: imago images/Political-MomentsHeiko Maas has made his case for special privileges for the vaccinated - but most other politicians and experts aren t on side.
Berlin - According to information on the recently launched Impfdashboard.de, 1,195,434 people living in Germany (or 1.4 per cent of the population) have received their first vaccination against coronavirus. An additional 24,741 have already received their second jab, according to the site - which is pretty flashy compared to the RKI spreadsheet that preceded it.