New Zealand is one step closer to rolling out the Novavax protein-based COVID-19 vaccine called Nuvaxovid, with the country’s medicines regulator, Medsafe, granting provisional approval for the vaccine to be used in adults aged 18 and over. Announcing the decision on Feb. 4, Chris James, group manager for Medsafe, said the organisation had worked tirelessly to…
New Zealand Imposes ‘No Jab, No Job’ Policy on Health Workers, Teachers
New Zealand authorities on Monday announced that teachers and people working in the country’s health departments will be required to get a COVID-19 vaccine in order to keep working in the sectors. The sweeping “no jab, no job” policy was confirmed by COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins as New Zealand on Oct. 10 reported 35…
New Zealand Extends Nationwide Lockdown as Criticism Over Strategy Mounts
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern extended the country’s national COVID-19 lockdown on Monday, saying the current outbreak has not peaked and more certainty about the Delta variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus is needed. The entire nation will remain at “alert level 4,” until 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 27, the ministry of…
New Zealand Offers $1 Million in Research Grants to Study CCP Virus With Chinese Scientists
Scientists from New Zealand (NZ) and China will share in a $1 million pool of funding aimed at partnering researchers from each country to collaborate on projects aimed at advancing knowledge and technologies to prevent, diagnose, and manage COVID-19. The New Zealand Health Research Council (HRC) announced the 2020 NZ and China COVID-19 Collaboration Fund (NSFC)…
New Zealand and Chinese Scientists to Share $1 Million in Grants to Study CCP Virus Together
Scientists from New Zealand (NZ) and China will share in a $1 million pool of funding aimed at partnering researchers from each country to collaborate on projects aimed at advancing knowledge and technologies to prevent, diagnose, and manage COVID-19. The New Zealand Health Research Council (HRC) announced the 2020 NZ and China COVID-19 Collaboration Fund (NSFC)…
Jacinda Ardern Defends New Zealand Terror Threat Response
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said she was “devastated” to learn of a threat to car bomb a local mosque which was made in an online forum. A 27-year-old man was arrested and charged for the shocking pledge this week, less than a fortnight from the second anniversary of the Christchurch Mosque terror attacks….
New Zealand Trade Minister Criticised for ‘Running CCP Lines’
Some Kiwi politicians have expressed concern that a diplomatic faux pas by the New Zealand (NZ) trade minister suits the political ends of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) which seeks to pressure Australia by upgrading its trade deal with NZ. NZ National Party MP Simon O’Connor, who is a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, told Stuff.co.nz on…
NZ Trade Minister Criticised for ‘Running CCP Lines’
Some Kiwi politicians have expressed concern that a diplomatic faux pas by the New Zealand (NZ) trade minister suits the political ends of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) which seeks to pressure Australia by upgrading its trade deal with NZ. NZ National Party MP Simon O’Connor, who is a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, told Stuff.co.nz on…
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