General comments
Associate Professor Tim Tenbensel, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, comments:
“This morning’s announcement is truly a historic event. The changes proposed go significantly beyond what had been recommended by the Health and Disability Review Report last year. The big news is the abolition of District Health Boards, and their replacement with a single national organization, provisionally known as Health New Zealand, which will have four regional divisions, and a district or locality branches at local levels.
“The creation of a Maori Health Authority with commissioning powers is the other major innovation. Again, the scope of the MHA goes beyond what was recommended by the Simpson Review, and aligns more closely with the ‘dissenting’ view supported by the majority of the Review panel.
General comments
Associate Professor Tim Tenbensel, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, comments:
“This morning’s announcement is truly a historic event. The changes proposed go significantly beyond what had been recommended by the Health and Disability Review Report last year. The big news is the abolition of District Health Boards, and their replacement with a single national organization, provisionally known as Health New Zealand, which will have four regional divisions, and a district or locality branches at local levels.
“The creation of a Maori Health Authority with commissioning powers is the other major innovation. Again, the scope of the MHA goes beyond what was recommended by the Simpson Review, and aligns more closely with the ‘dissenting’ view supported by the majority of the Review panel.
CDC guidance: Masks should be worn at school
The CDC has been releasing guidance for schools throughout the pandemic to help districts navigate returning to the classroom.
The latest update from the CDC came in March, where the agency updated distancing guidelines for students.
However, according to guidance posted online, the CDC states that “All schools should implement and layer prevention strategies and should prioritize universal and correct use of masks and physical distancing.”
12 News also contacted the CDC about the recommendations, a spokesperson told 12 News in a statement, in part:
“Since issuing its updated Operational Strategy for K-12 Schools through Phased Prevention on March 19, 2021, CDC continues to recommend that schools require consistent and correct use of face masks by all students, teachers, and staff to ensure the safe delivery of in-person instruction and to help prevent COVID-19 transmission in schools. Masks should be worn at all times, by all p
People wait to receive a coronavirus vaccine in Mumbai
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Sitting at her computer in mid-February, Bhramar Mukherjee felt her stomach drop as she analysed India’s rising number of Covid-19 cases.
“I remember tweeting on February 18 that we were seeing the number of infections doubling in states like Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, and Punjab but no one took me seriously, even my own family,” recalls Prof Mukherjee, an Indian-born Professor of Public Health and Epidemiology at the University of Michigan.
Cases are indeed rising – soaring in fact. On Thursday, India reported over 217,353 new Covid-19 infections and the country s healthcare system stands on the verge of total collapse. Recorded deaths are running at over a thousand a day and hospitals are becoming overwhelmed.
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