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There were, at times, mixed-messages and the definition of close contacts was modified and that confused people. The public have got confused, and that message has been loud and clear. So, that s something we would want to look at.” Roche, along with health economist Heather Simpson, reviewed the Government’s testing and contact tracing response in September. The report, made public late in December by the Government, came with a promise to enact its 28 recommendations and a $3 billion commitment to bolstering the response. It said the current response could not “serve effectively for the next 24 to 36 months”, and severely criticised the Ministry of Health’s communication.
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PM Jacinda Ardern announced Auckland would go down one Covid-19 alert level on Sunday at 6am, while the rest of NZ would go back down to level 1.
A year on from the first case in Aotearoa, the Government is still developing a Covid-19 communications plan specifically for Māori. It comes as the roll-out of Covid-19 communications to Māori has been criticised as mana-trampling, reactive and rushed by some of those tasked with doing the work. However, the Government says it has been meeting regularly with iwi and key Māori networks, and is launching a targeted vaccine campaign for Māori this week.
Covid-19 coronavirus: Papatoetoe High re-opens with heartfelt message
8 Mar, 2021 01:30 AM
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Papatoetoe High School students have been kept away from school since the February outbreak. Photo / Michael Craig
Papatoetoe High School students have been kept away from school since the February outbreak. Photo / Michael Craig
The head boy of Papatoetoe High School has put out a heartfelt message as schools re-open across Auckland under alert level 2. There s been enough negativity, enough hardship, enough pain and hurt from Covid. and the rest of the craziness going on in lockdown, Flo Akauola said in a Facebook video posted on Monday morning.