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Media release from Sensitive Choice
Tuesday 26 January 2021, 08:54 AM
Health experts are concerned thousands of Kiwis living with asthma or allergies such as hay fever may face stigma with new research showing common symptoms of the disease may be inadvertently confused with those of COVID-19.
Asthma is a non-contagious, respiratory disease that affects the airways in the lungs, and from time to time may restrict breathing. Symptoms can include coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath. People with hay fever may also experience sneezing and coughing as a trigger response to exposure to an allergen.
Similarly, symptoms of COVID-19 include a dry cough, sneezing and difficulty breathing or shortness of breath.
Co-owner Chris Martin said Ahi had a particularly rough time of it. Having already suffered a six-month construction setback, the first day for most of his staff was the same day Auckland went back into lockdown. “They were all coming in, they had all been employed, all their contracts had been written up. We were just about to press play on about $20,000 worth of food.” “With two hours to them arriving, I found out we were going to be going back into lockdown. It went from being an induction to a meet and greet.” Martin said he was unsure whether Ahi would qualify for the wage subsidy because it had never traded and therefore couldn’t prove a loss of income.
New Zealand Inflation Surprise Suggests No More RBNZ Rate Cuts
Jan 22 2021, 11:16 AM
January 22 2021, 3:23 AM
January 22 2021, 11:16 AM
(Bloomberg) New Zealand inflation was firmer than economists expected in the fourth quarter, adding to signs the central bank may not need to cut interest rates any further.
(Bloomberg) New Zealand inflation was firmer than economists expected in the fourth quarter, adding to signs the central bank may not need to cut interest rates any further.
Consumer prices rose 1.4% from a year earlier, Statistics New Zealand said Friday in Wellington, matching the third-quarter reading. Economists expected inflation to slow to 1.1%. Prices rose 0.5% from three months earlier, exceeding the 0.2% forecast.
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Global shipping problems cause prices of everyday items to go up
According to data from Statistics New Zealand, inflation is stable at 1.4 per cent but the price of produce has risen along with staple household items. Business confidence surveys show that confidence is up on last year, but the big worry for many businesses are these supply chain disruptions, and if they continue, could see the economy start to shake through the first half of this year.
Minister for Trade and Export Growth Damien O’Connor has said his countrymen are used to changes brought on by Covid-19: “It may be one more impact on our economy, most New Zealanders are used to changes occurring on a regular basis.”