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Covid testing failures outlined in new report

Poor communication and planning meant a predictable surge in demand for Covid testing was missed - to disastrous effect.

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Ministry stands by 'dangerous' advice not to test

The Ministry of Health still recommends that recent Covid-19 cases not take a test if symptoms return, even though experts have called the guidance "dangerous misinformation".

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Chinese hackers targeted Russian defence data, report says

TEL AVIV: The emails landed March 23 in the inboxes of scientists and engineers at several of Russia’s military research and development institutes, purportedly sent by Russia’s Ministry of Health. They carried a subject line that offered seemingly tantalizing information about a “list of persons under U.S. sanctions for invading…

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Saudi Arabia Approves Establishment of Holding Company to Raise Effectiveness of Saudi Health System

Saudi Arabia has agreed to a government decision to establish the Health Holding Company to raise the effectiveness of the performance of the system, and approve the organization of the National Health Insurance Center. According to official sources, the Ministry of Health will focus on regulating and supervising all public…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ministry of Health makes incorrect testing claim

An innovation team 'set up' to follow testing developments was never actually created.

Newsroom.co.nz

Health Ministry : No Case of Monkeypox Recorded in Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Ministry of Health has confirmed that so far no case of monkeypox has been detected in the Kingdom. The disease has recently started to appear in some European and North American countries after it has been endemic in some African countries for over 50 years. The Ministry of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Medical marijuana firms refused bank accounts and insurance

Medicinal cannabis has been legal since 2019 – so why are start-ups like Skyman industries being turned away by one bank after another? 'Medicinal cannabis is too new,' they're told.

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Historic pay equity deal 'down the drain now'

Industrial strife among the 65,000-strong care and support workforce is looking likely as their landmark pay equity settlement hits the rocks, writes Rebecca Macfie

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Taskforce needed to fix nursing woes

A senior nurse is calling for a cross-Government push to address massive issues in the nursing sector

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Russia's invasion of Ukraine will lead to enormous measles outbreak, warns WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said immediate steps are needed to prevent a measles outbreak after the Russia's invasion has prevented families from accessing healthcare and vaccines

Daily Mirror

Italy extends Covid entry rules until end of May but scraps passenger locator form

The extension is to curb the prevalence of Coronavirus in the country.

Daily Record

Ministry told to 'underplay' Covid test capacity

There's further evidence of testing issues within the Ministry of Health, with an external review into failings set for release.

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Medical labs facing 'tsunami' of staff departures

An ageing workforce dealing with burnout from the Covid response may lead to a flood of departures from New Zealand's medical laboratories, the sector fears.

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Spain makes U-turn after 'no wine or beer with lunch' restaurant ban sparks anger

The Spanish government faced backlash after announcing a new health strategy which suggested working with restaurants to cut back on alcohol offers with meals

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Inevitable that MIQ process would 'operate unjustly', High Court rules

A group that opposed MIQ has won a major legal battle with the Ministry of Health, with the High Court ruling it was inevitable the process would "operate unjustly in individual cases".

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The loneliness of the long-distance rural midwife

Pregnant women in Te Anau in Southland have lost the last remaining midwife and are now served by maternity care based 100km-160km away, reports Vaneesa Bellew

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Streamlining Indonesia’s pandemic warnings

Indonesia’s health systems work well at local level but cannot provide adequate nationwide pandemic warnings. For those, a new system is needed.

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The madness, misery and magic of Maadi

Twelve hundred exhausted school rowers travel home from their national championships in Twizel today — a journey a thousand times shorter than the one to get there, writes Karen Holdom.

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Why you should keep your contact tracing app

QR code scanning may have been scrapped by the Government, but that doesn't mean it's not still helpful. Andrew Chen explains.

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As a DHB chair exits, a ‘surprise’ intervention

Correspondence reveals a tense exchange over a Crown monitor’s appointment

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Vaccine hesitancy turned on its head - Bloomfield

Ashley Bloomfield’s expectations for the vaccination rollout have been exceeded. But when it comes to equitable delivery for Māori, it’s a journey the Ministry of Health is still on.

The Hindu

No need to invoke Disaster Management Act for COVID-19 containment measures from April 1, Union Home Ministry tells States

After the expiry of the existing order on March 31, no further order will be issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Newsroom.co.nz

Urgent need to change the narrative on Three Waters

Water NZ’s latest National Performance Review is a stark reminder why we need to get beyond the politics of Three Waters reform and get on with solving our dire water infrastructure problems

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Vaccine pass defaulter sues Government over 'irrational' constraints

Just days before the PM announces plans to phase out vaccine pass constraints, a cafe operator fined for flouting the rules is spearheading a court case to overturn the restrictions.

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Just four free ICU beds on Tuesday morning

Intensive care specialists say the Ministry of Health is vastly overestimating ICU capacity and figures obtained by Newsroom appear to back them up.

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