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The second wave of coronavirus is not just adding caseloads as we write, it s also harming kids more profoundly than ever. With a rise in symptomatic infections, increased hospitalization, there s also a looming fear of post-infection crisis kids under 16 face right now. As studies are now confirming, kids under the age of 16 can develop long COVID too.
Long COVID, or Post-COVID syndrome, as it is defined is described as a host of symptoms that harm COVID patients long after recovery and leave them at dire risk of poor health. Patients infected with COVID after-effects, also known as long haulers continue to exhibit symptoms and side effects long after fighting the disease. Now, studies out of the UK have showcased that kids, who encounter even mild infections can become COVID long haulers.
US Capitol riots: FBI agents potentially could have raided wrong home, due to mistaken identity
6 May, 2021 03:56 AM
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Police try to hold back rioters outside the east doors to the House side of the US Capitol. Photo / AP
Police try to hold back rioters outside the east doors to the House side of the US Capitol. Photo / AP
AP We re looking for Nancy Pelosi s laptop, FBI agents told Marilyn Hueper after briefly handcuffing her.
Hueper shot back: That still doesn t explain why you re in my home. Or in Homer, Alaska.
The search for the House speaker s laptop had taken a US Capitol Police officer thousands of miles away from home for an FBI raid on Hueper s home, looking for something stolen during the January 6 insurrection and the person who did it.
Chambéry - Au troisième jour du procès de Nordahl Lelandais pour le meurtre d'Arthur Noyer, les témoignages de plusieurs amis ont ébranlé l'accusé, mais sans parvenir à le faire revenir sur sa version d'une bagarre qui a mal tourné.
Real estate agent admits assaulting Far North s top police officer
3 May, 2021 09:00 PM
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Far North Area Commander Inspector Riki Whiu. Photo / NZ Police
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
A Kerikeri real estate agent has been charged with assaulting the Far North s top cop in a horrendous case of mistaken identity.
The assault occurred in a Paihia bar while the officer was off duty.
Kevin Lloyd, 27, appeared in the Kaikohe District Court on April 20 charged with assault with intent to injure.
According to court documents the man he assaulted was Roderick Whiu - better known as Far North Area Commander Inspector Riki Whiu.