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  • What we would like to see on the Ministry of Health’s website to better inform progress on COVID-19 elimination

    … In this blog we analyse data from the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 website and display a key graph that we think should … community can better track progress on the path to COVID-19 elimination. Both the graphical and tabular … infected with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19, and detected in NZ, belong to one of two broad …
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  • Running into Trouble: COVID-19 in Japan during the Tokyo Olympics

    … The 2020 Olympic Games were originally postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The delayed event has now opened, with the … large events with international attendees during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we consider the many public health … 1-3 and by many commenters, particularly in Japan. 4 5 THE COVID-19 pandemic in Japan In response to the COVID-19 …
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  • The need for a robust scientific definition for the elimination of COVID-19 from New Zealand

    … is making good progress towards its elimination goal for COVID-19 at the country-level. In this blog we present the … definition of elimination to help guide our national COVID-19 response. The definition must be objectively … [4]. The NZ Government has adopted a goal of eliminating COVID-19, although the strategy for achieving this has not …
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  • Ready or not? Pandemic preparedness index and implications for NZ

    … to benchmark countries. However, analysis early in the Covid-19 pandemic did not show the expected correlation between GHS Index scores and Covid-19 outcomes. Just published research now demonstrates that countries’ GHS Index scores do predict Covid-19 outcomes. Additionally, scores in the ‘Risk …
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  • Improving ventilation in schools: a key protection against Covid-19 outbreaks and an enduring legacy for healthier learning

    … little or no protection against the potential spread of Covid-19 infection in schools. It is therefore critical that … concentration.   Photo by  zehua chen  on  Unsplash The Covid-19 pandemic continues to evolve, with an increasing … and wellbeing. Countries across the world are reporting Covid-19 outbreaks with high proportions of child cases, 1 2 …
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  • Expansion of “green zones” may provide a chance for the global eradication of COVID-19

    … With effective vaccines for COVID-19 comes the potential for disease eradication … progressive expansion of “green zones” towards a target of COVID-19 eradication. Even if eradication is not achieved, … “green zone” countries (eg, between NZ and Australia). The COVID-19 pandemic response led to two unexpected major …
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  • A pandemic that won’t go away – as Covid enters its 5th year, NZ needs a realistic strategy

    … Summary As COVID-19 persists into its fifth year in Aotearoa New Zealand … illness. But its largest health impact may be Long Covid because it is relatively common after acute infections … use an integrated strategy that combines the response to Covid-19 with influenza and other respiratory infections. The …
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  • Improving our pandemic preparedness: Counterfactuals and continuous quality improvement

    … Phase two of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Covid-19 pandemic is asking New Zealanders to comment on how … that have similar or greater clinical severity to Covid-19. We can also draw on growing evidence about … effectively in the next pandemic. For example, receiving Covid-19 vaccines before being exposed to the virus greatly …
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  • How to Systematically Reduce the Border Failure Risk for COVID-19 in Aotearoa/NZ

    … identify optimal methods for reducing the risk of future COVID-19 outbreaks in Aotearoa/NZ. The persisting occurrence … when it comes to eliminating community transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic. 1-3 The response to COVID-19 also appears to have eliminated seasonal influenza …
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  • Covid recovery or sustainable transformation?

    … New Zealand faces momentous choices, crystallised by the Covid pandemic. Here we consider how we can shape policies … and programmes to ensure that the recovery from the Covid lockdown provides an opportunity for a sustainable … One of the most profound risk s ahead, as we recover from Covid, is climate change.   A key difference between Covid …
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