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A review is needed of wastewater testing to work out its effectiveness in picking up Covid-19 outbreaks, epidemiologist professor Michael Baker says. Wastewater testing at ESR (file photo). Source: 1 NEWS
The weak positive results from Wellington sampling, announced over the weekend, showed it was good at detecting virus fragments, but its role in discovering active outbreaks early is still unclear, he told RNZ s Morning Report.
ESR reported on Friday there had been a weak positive test result from a sample taken in Wellington. A follow-up sample on Saturday returned a second weak positive result.
The two weak positive results are most likely due to recently recovered cases continuing to shed the virus, the Ministry of Health said.
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Having returned to Adelaide after eight years away and now walking to work quite early, Professor Høj sensed a noticeable increase in homelessness in the city. This made his decision to participate in and raise funds for the Vinnies CEO Sleepout
easy.
“It seems to me that more people are now sleeping on Adelaide’s streets than I’ve ever seen before. That speaks to the extreme vulnerability of people who need genuine care and support in their lives,” Professor Høj said.
“I am concerned that the real problem in the community is likely to be even deeper than what we see on the streets.
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Shaun Iwikau, team services project manager for the New Zealand Olympic Committee, is overseeing the shipping of two containers of supplies and equipment for the New Zealand team competing in Tokyo.
As Kiwi athletes prepare for the Tokyo Olympics epidemiologist Michael Baker is calling on the Government to take a “moral stance” against the event as the Japanese city clocks hundreds of cases daily amid a state of national emergency. Covid response minister Chris Hipkins says New Zealand’s Olympic Committee (NZOC) had made its decision to send New Zealand athletes, and the Government had supported them to make their travel as safe as possible, while the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) says Tokyo’s outbreaks are “significantly less severe” than Europe and the Americas.
UConn Law Students Help Keep Tabs on COVID-19 Litigation
Getting an in-depth understanding of civil litigation as it unfolds in real time
The project tracks litigation related to the pandemic as it moves through the courts. Copy Link
The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed a flood of lawsuits by businesses trying to force insurers to cover virus-related losses. Figuring out what that means to the insurance industry and their policyholders requires a massive data collection effort, which is now under way with the help of four UConn Law students.
The students gather information about state and federal court cases, turning lawsuits filed by a podiatry practice in Pennsylvania or a nightclub in California into data for the Covid Coverage Litigation Tracker. Professor Tom Baker at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School conceived and manages the tracker, which is co-sponsored by the Insurance Law Center at the UConn School of Law. His goal is to record the pa
Newshub understands the vaccine rollout in the aged care sector is highly variable.
The Nelson-Marlborough region started COVID vaccines for residents on March 31 - it leads the way - while in Metro Auckland, shots for residents began on Monday.
But in Rotorua, residents will have to wait until May 10 and in Mid-Central, which includes Palmerston North, it s understood residents have to wait until May 31. It feels a little bit shambolic, says Blackwell.
If you have more information, email Newshub s Investigations Reporter Michael Morrah in confidence at michaelmorrah@tv3.co.nz
Simon Wallace, Aged Care Association CEO, says his members have been planning for vaccines for months.