Covid 19 coronavirus: New UK strain would need longer level 4 lockdown if outbreak here - scientist
13 Jan, 2021 11:28 PM
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Ambulances queue outside London hospital as Covid-19 patient numbers rise and it enters disaster medicine mode . Video / ITV
Ambulances queue outside London hospital as Covid-19 patient numbers rise and it enters disaster medicine mode . Video / ITV
Social issues reporter, NZ Heraldmichael.neilson@nzherald.co.nz
A level 4 lockdown longer than that back in March would be needed to stamp out new strains of Covid-19 which had potential for explosive exponential growth if they entered the community, scientists say.
The warning comes as iwi leaders join calls for New Zealand to tighten up the numbers of people arriving into the country, particularly from places where the new strains are rife.
University of Arizona students return to campus
The university says changes are coming to isolation dorms
Jan. 13, 2020 KOLD 6 pm Newscast - clipped version By Bailey O Carroll | January 13, 2021 at 7:56 PM MST - Updated January 13 at 7:57 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Some students at the University of Arizona are already back on campus following winter break. Today, the university said about 25 people are currently staying in COVID-19 isolation dorms on campus.
“In the summer, there was a lot of assumptions made that students who were going to be moving into isolation are ill,” said Alex Blandeburgo, the Executive Director of Housing at the University of Arizona. “But, the reality was most of these students were asymptomatic.”
Ponsonby asbestos clean-up crew work to return people to homes after school fire
14 Jan, 2021 05:30 AM
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Morecroft Group s clean-up crews have been down on their hands and knees in hazmat suits picking up asbestos and vacuuming lawns. Photo / Ben Leahy
Morecroft Group s clean-up crews have been down on their hands and knees in hazmat suits picking up asbestos and vacuuming lawns. Photo / Ben Leahy
Ben Leahy is a reporter for the New Zealand HeraldBen.Leahy@nzherald.co.nz
An asbestos cleanup team say they have been on their hands and knees vacuuming lawns in a bid get frustrated Ponsonby homeowners back into their contaminated properties as soon as possible.