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Fears are growing about the impact of coronavirus on New Zealand's exports.
A second case of Covid-19 has been confirmed in New Zealand.
The World Health Organization this morning reported the case.
The patient is a woman in her 30s who has recently returned from Italy.
She is in self-isolation with her partner at home.
This morning, the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) price index fell for the third consecutive time due to uncertainty around the spread of coronavirus.
The first case of Covid-19 in New Zealand was reported late on Friday last week.
The New Zealand-citizen, a man in his 60s, had recently been to Iran and flown back to New Zealand via Bali.
The Ministry of Health’s website says that the likelihood of a widespread outbreak is expected to remain low.
The Government has placed temporary restrictions on travellers arriving in New Zealand from mainland China and Iran as a precautionary measure to protect against the spread of the virus.
Travellers from northern Italy and South Korea have been instructed to self-isolate on their arrival in New Zealand.
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One of the country's leading experts on China has praised the NZ Government for its handling of the recent incident with China over that country's cyber attack on two of our parliamentary institutions in 2021.
Hopes of NZ sheepmeat prices picking up anytime soon in the country's key export market of China looks highly unlikely.
Zespri has unveiled the award-winning KiwiBrothersTM mascots in China for the first time to market its large kiwifruit crop.
Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) chief executive Gabrielle O’Brien will step down at the end of June.
Authorities in China have clamped down on companies in that country which have been packaging and selling their own local fruit under the Zespri brand.
The country’s 4200 commercial fruit and vegetable growers will vote from May 14 on a new HortNZ levy.
Meat processor Alliance Group is asking farmer shareholders to inject more capital in order to remain a 100% co-operative.
A vet is calling for all animals to be vaccinated against a new strain of leptospirosis (lepto) discovered on New Zealand dairy farms in recent years.
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