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'No plans' to require pre-departure test from Fiji, as cases continue to climb


No plans to require pre-departure test from Fiji, as cases continue to climb
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17 hrs ago
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Watch: Fiji faces large rise in COVID-19 deaths, lockdown needed - Michael Baker
The Ministry of Health has no plans to introduce pre-departure tests for people coming from Fiji, even as COVID-19 cases continue to skyrocket.
In the last 24 hours, Fiji recorded 918 new COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths. Its rolling day average is close to 1500 cases per day. But despite this serious outbreak, the Ministry of Health says it will continue to allow people to enter New Zealand without first testing negative. ....

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'Extortionate prices': Why a block of Tasty cheese costs $17 in NZ but $9 in Australia


Extortionate prices : Why a block of Tasty cheese costs $17 in NZ but $9 in Australia
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16 hrs ago
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Why does Tasty cheese cost so much in New Zealand?
The extortionate price of Tasty cheese in New Zealand has sparked outrage after being compared to what Australian s pay for a Kiwi made block across the ditch - we talked to experts about why.
In New Zealand s Countdown supermarkets, a 1kg block of home brand Tasty cheese will set you back around $17.50, while a block of Alpine costs $17.30 and Mainland is $18.20.
However, in Australia s Woolworths supermarket, a home brand block of Tasty cheese costs AU$8.80 (NZ$9.33), while the Hillview brand - which is made in New Zealand - costs just AU$8 (NZ$8.48) ....

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Why experts say NZ should take note of unvaccinated Taiwan's COVID outbreak, as one warns we '100 percent' won't be immunised in 2021


What happened in Taiwan?
Once hailed a COVID-19 success story, Taiwan is now under its most stringent lockdown measures since the pandemic began - with restaurant dining banned, fines for people not wearing face masks outside, and halt on wedding banquets and wakes.
Those countries that did well through their isolation/lockdown approaches now have a real problem - and that s reintegration and rehabilitation of their economies and ways of life, Dr Gorman explains.
In the case of Taiwan, they ve got very good contact tracing and they ve got very good border management but they didn t have the immunisation levels they needed. ....

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