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New Zealand death rates low, despite Covid-19

Thursday 12th of November 2020
A report from consulting actuary firm Melville Jessup Weaver has revealed that at the end of September 2020, fewer people had died in New Zealand than in any time since 2017. This is particularly significant given Covid-19 and an increasing population.
While there is no way of knowing the reasons for this decrease, it seems likely that lockdown prevented people from being exposed to man...
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