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… face coverings or fabric masks as a strategy to contain COVID-19 pandemic virus transmission, the uptake of mask use … New Zealand is currently experiencing a second outbreak of COVID-19, necessitating Alert Level 3 restrictions in … strategy to curb the spread of silent infection with the COVID-19 pandemic virus. There is strong evidence that face …

… of the virus. During Victoria’s second wave of COVID-19 in 2020, our team  created an agent-based model  which calculated the  probability of eliminating COVID-19  from the state, as well as the optimal strategy in … adults. 2) The reproductive rate of the virus in the pre-COVID-19 world with no restrictions of 5.0 and 6.0. 3) The …

… transmission of the virus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes Covid-19. Virus-laden aerosols can remain airborne for hours …   Airborne transmission of the virus (SARS-CoV-2) causing Covid-19 has been recognised by the World Health … concentration, restlessness, nausea and sleepiness. If a Covid-19 infected person is in the room, a high CO 2 level …

… underpinning how the health system works have changed . Covid-19 has increased immediate demand on the healthcare … workforce experiencing illness itself. Simultaneously Covid-19 has fueled long-term demand on health services as a result of deferred routine care and long covid (which will need ongoing multidisciplinary specialist …

… control measures. Nevertheless, better “source control” of COVID-19 at various Alert Levels by requiring masks in public … social contact with the ability to maintain progress on COVID-19 elimination (reduced risk of transmission and … There is a particular need to protect older people from COVID-19 and already some New Zealand aged residential care …

… just published modelling work on estimating the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks associated with air travel to NZ. We find … journal. 1 In this work we aimed to estimate the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks associated with air travel to NZ, along … are in our published paper. 1 Figure 1: Annual risk of a COVID-19 outbreak in NZ assuming one flight per day from …

… In this blog the arguments for and against shifting all COVID-19 related isolation/quarantine facilities to a single … assumption is made that the current Auckland outbreak of COVID-19 will be successfully controlled and NZ will regain its COVID-19 elimination status for community transmission in the …

… returnees. Aotearoa NZ has done very well overall with its COVID-19 pandemic response – as acknowledged recently by a … – the repeated failures in border protection against COVID-19. We previously detailed eight such failures up to … the following definitions: A “ border failure ” in the NZ COVID-19 pandemic control context is one where a person in …

… of characteristics of the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus and the COVID-19 pandemic that make deciding when and how to change … of infection in individuals who were reported to have been COVID-19 positive and, later, negative. One possible … to lifting physical distancing restrictions. Target organs COVID-19 has been largely identified as a respiratory viral …

… achieve the elimination of community transmission of the COVID-19 virus in NZ. But it was also associated with 548 … to have overcompensated for any increased deaths from COVID-19 ( 22 deaths as per 9 July) plus potential direct … a prominent US epidemiologist with regard to the current COVID-19 pandemic: “Simply assessing current total excess …