Auckland - The government’s covid-19 tracing app is on the wrong track, according to Sir Ray Avery, who is co–founder of Jupl NZ which monitors and tracks the health and wellbeing of thousands of at-risk people in New Zealand and Australia. Not even the government, is claiming this is a personal
Author: Kip Brook
No more delays in releasing health report findings
Auckland - There must be no further delays from the Minister of Health in releasing the findings and recommendations of a comprehensive report of the health and disability system review panel, a leading New Zealand digital health expert says. NZ Health IT (NZHIT) chief executive Scott Arrol says the covid-19 pandemic has
Purchasing of gloves and PPE for NZ results in poor quality
South Lake Tahoe, California - The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the current method of purchasing of gloves and other personal protective equipment (PPE) is only good at keeping the price down and not effective on quality or surety of supply, leading New Zealand company Eagle Protect says. The purchasing process impacts the
Cutting-edge NZ contact tracing service for covid-19 alert level two
Auckland - A cutting-edge New Zealand software business is on the verge of making a major breakthrough in contact tracing as the country eases into covid-19 alert level two. Auckland company Rfider has created an alternative to contact tracing apps, using a QR code cloud-based system which removes the need for app
Exercise industry ready for alert level two – not business as usual
Christchurch - Hundreds of thousands of Kiwis are ready to go back to gyms, studios and exercise facilities, when the covid-19 alert level two kicks in on Thursday, ExerciseNZ says. Parliament received a comprehensive report last week how exercise facilities in New Zealand could safely operate in a coronavirus environment, showing how
NZ urgently needs digital health tech investment
Auckland - New Zealand urgently needs more investment in digital health technology to help drive the economic recovery post-coronavirus, create full tech enablement to support healthcare delivery and play its part in protecting New Zealanders during the current pandemic and the inevitable virus outbreaks to come in the future. NZ Health IT
ExerciseNZ advising parliament today about alert level two
Christchurch - ExerciseNZ will today advise parliament’s epidemic response committee on how to manage risks associated with covid-19 within exercise facilities and exercise providers in New Zealand in alert level two. Richard Beddie, the ExerciseNZ chief executive, says he will table a framework to the committee for exercise facilities in New
Covid-19 track and tracing app the key to Kiwis’ future safety
Christchurch - New Zealand should make it mandatory to for all visitors to New Zealand to download a track and trace app when they arrive in the country and undergo a covid -19 infection test. People say that New Zealand’s tracking and tracing capabilities for monitoring those under quarantine and those at