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27 Nov, 5 tweets, 2 min read
#1pmBriefing, case update:

145 new COVID-19 cases. (Auckland: 127, Waikato: 13, Bay of Plenty: 4, Canterbury: 1, from yesterday)
7-day rolling average number of cases: 183

77 hospital inpatients (1⬇️ from yesterday)
8 in HDU/ICU (1⬆️ from yesterday; 1 in Lakes district)

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The MoH have a brief note about the new Omicron variant. I have written about this yesterday (sciblogs.co.nz/code-for-life/…) and am working on an update.

I hope this variant is a reminder to please get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

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QR code scanning is doing better, in fact a new record.
3,223,695 poster scans over ~23 hours.

Keep it up!

There’s a reminder that if you have any symptoms, please get tested, even if you’re vaccinated, and stay isolated until you return a negative test result.

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One more person has died😔 A patient in their 80s at Auckland City Hospital.

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Updates in today’s press release include,
- Northland (2 cases to add tomorrow)
- Auckland
- Waikato
- Bay of Plenty
health.govt.nz/news-media/med…

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Grant Jacobs 🧬🔬💻✍️📚🇳🇿 Profile picture
29 Nov
#4pmBriefing. Ardern, Robertson and Bloomfield.
(Short take as I'm starting late.)

First Ardern on Omicron.
No cases in NZ.
9 countries named as very high risk. Only NZ citizens travel direct from these, go to MIQ on arrival and take 5 tests over this time.

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Research still working on what impact this variant will have yet. Existing system to manage this.

Booster start to be available today.

Move to COVID Protection Framework this week. Will not be lifting all restrictions as some countries have.

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*** Levels each region will move into new system:
Most (all?) of northern and central North Island districts will move to Red.
Remainder of North Island to Orange.
South Island to Orange.
These settings stand for the first 2 weeks of the new system.

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Grant Jacobs 🧬🔬💻✍️📚🇳🇿 Profile picture
28 Nov
#1pmBriefing, case numbers:

144 new cases today (Auckland 127, Northland 2, Waikato 9, Bay of Plenty 4, Hawke’s Bay 1)
7-day rolling average of cases: 182

82 people in hospital (5⬆️ from yesterday), 9 in HDU/ICU (1⬆️ from yesterday)

>20,000 vaccine doses given yesterday.

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Canterbury: yesterday’s case is a child isolating at home in a family who recently returned, and now considered a border case.
Northland: 2 new cases to be added tomorrow.
No new cases today in Wairarapa, Wellington, MidCentral, Lakes or Taranaki.

One more person has died😔

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Full press release includes regional updates for Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Hawke’s Bay, and Canterbury -
health.govt.nz/news-media/med…

3/3
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Grant Jacobs 🧬🔬💻✍️📚🇳🇿 Profile picture
27 Nov
Hipkins has announced #NZ has moved 9 African nations to the ‘very high risk’ list, meaning non-citizens from these countries cannot enter directly, and NZ citizens travelling from them will have to take 14 MIQ on entry to NZ (not the new shorter process).
These countries are: South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Seychelles, Malawi and Mozambique.
(This is basically the same as the suggestion I made in my article about the new variant on Friday. I hope to bring a follow-up article in time.)
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Grant Jacobs 🧬🔬💻✍️📚🇳🇿 Profile picture
5 Feb
The request to retract the paper describing an approach to use PCR to detect SARS-CoV-2 (the virus causing COVID-19) has been denied.

It was never likely to be valid.

A few loose thoughts⬇️
The paper presents a method to test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

You can think of it as resolving a catch-22. How can a country test for SARS-CoV-2 before they have samples or cases?

There were some genome sequences. (Yay genome sequences!)

More⬇️
In the paper an experienced team suggests a way to put the sequence data to use. They're basically giving a worksheet that others might try out.

⬇️
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14 Mar 20
#NZ PM's press announcement: "go hard, go early".

ALL travellers coming into NZ will be requited to self-isolate for 14 days. Some exceptions for the Pacific nations.

#COVID19
#NZ PM's press announcement (2):

Restrictions start midnight tonight.

*Don't* make a run on the supermarkets.

(I will had personal comments/thoughts later. Just transcription for now.)

#COVID19
#NZ PM's press announcement:

No cruise ships until June 30th.

Products & goods not affected.

#COVID19
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