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• Source: AAP Two teenage Victorian girls found on a school bus south of Adelaide have been arrested and charged for breaching Covid-19 regulations. Victoria police (file photo). Source: istock.com Police believe the girls hitchhiked or used public transport to cross into South Australia overnight and provided false information at a checkpoint. The girls, aged 15 and 16, were reported missing to Victorian authorities and were found this morning after travelling to Goolwa, south of Adelaide, where they visited another girl. All three had boarded a school bus to nearby Victor Harbor, with the bus stopped by police before it arrived at the local high school. ....
• Source: Women in Tāmaki Makaurau will get early access to a cervical cancer self-screening test, two years before the national roll out. Gynecological swab for HPV. Source: istock.com The screening allows women to test themselves for the cancer-causing virus rather than having a pap smear with a doctor or nurse. A research programme targeting Māori and Pacific women is looking at how the do-it-yourself test will work, what helps it work and what is needed to achieve equity. Waitematā and Auckland District Health Boards health outcomes director Dr Karen Bartholomew said it was clear the current cervical cancer test was not working for Māori and Pasifika, and it was hoped self-testing would reach more women. ....
• Source: 1 NEWS Quarantine-free travel between Aotearoa and Victoria can continue, with New Zealand’s Ministry of Health deeming tonight the public health risk from Covid-19 cases confirmed in Melbourne is being “appropriately managed”. Source: istock.com But, the Ministry of Health is putting in place additional precautions for people who have been in Melbourne, including those who have travelled to New Zealand recently. Earlier today, four Covid-19 cases in the community - all linked to each other - were detected in Melbourne’s northern suburbs. The Ministry of Health said it would be actively monitoring the situation . The Ministry’s current assessment is that the public health risk is appropriately managed through the actions taken by Victorian health authorities. ....
• Source: 1 NEWS Source: istock.com Police arrested the pair as they responded to reports of shoplifting in Massey last night located. They say the two youths are allegedly involved in three serious incidents in Henderson Valley, New Lynn and Glen Eden on Thursday 20 May. As a result, a youth has been charged with two counts of aggravated robbery, one charge of assault with intent to rob, seven charges of unlawfully getting into a motor vehicle, and breaching his bail conditions, police say. A second youth has been charged with two counts of aggravated robbery, and one of assault with intent to rob. ....