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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Jenkins, Professor, Respiratory Medicine, UNSW Sydney and Clinical Professor at the University of Sydney, George Institute for Global Health The new respiratory coronavirus COVID-19 is particularly worrying for the 2.7 million Australians who already suffer from asthma. That’s roughly one in nine people. Viral respiratory infections, ... <a title="I’m an asthmatic: what should I do during the coronavirus pandemic?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/im-an-asthmatic-what-should-i-do-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic-135309/" aria-label="Read more about I’m an asthmatic: what should I do during the coronavirus pandemic?">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
By Maggie Boyle of FBC News Fiji disaster authorities have put the whole of Viti Levu island on restricted movement due to TC Harold. Director for National Disaster Management Vasiti Soko confirmed the step had been taken as a precautionary measure. Soko said everyone except emergency services were to remain in their homes. LISTEN: Fiji ... <a title="Restricted movement on Viti Levu as TC Harold hammers Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/restricted-movement-on-viti-levu-as-tc-harold-hammers-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Restricted movement on Viti Levu as TC Harold hammers Fiji">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
By Wansolwara staff Fiji now has 15 coronavirus cases after a single new case has been confirmed by Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama. The new case was one of 25 samples that were tested at the molecular lab and is the husband of an existing patient from Lautoka – the Zumba classmate of patient number one. Bainimarama ... <a title="Latest Fiji coronavirus case – taking total to 15 – ‘expected’, says PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/latest-fiji-coronavirus-case-taking-total-to-15-expected-says-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Latest Fiji coronavirus case – taking total to 15 – ‘expected’, says PM">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa O’Donnell, Senior Research Fellow, University of Western Australia Tackling a health crisis such as COVID-19, with society in lockdown can’t help but place families under strain. It’s been reported family violence notifications to police nearly tripled in some areas of China’s Hubei province (where SARS-CoV-2, the ... <a title="What governments can do about the increase in family violence due to coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/what-governments-can-do-about-the-increase-in-family-violence-due-to-coronavirus-135674/" aria-label="Read more about What governments can do about the increase in family violence due to coronavirus">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Bekessy, Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning, Leader, Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group (ICON Science), RMIT University Intriguing things sometimes happen in places deserted by people. Plants creep back, animals return, and slowly, birdsong fills the air. The coronavirus pandemic means public spaces the world over ... <a title="Where the wild things are: how nature might respond as coronavirus keeps humans indoors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/where-the-wild-things-are-how-nature-might-respond-as-coronavirus-keeps-humans-indoors-134543/" aria-label="Read more about Where the wild things are: how nature might respond as coronavirus keeps humans indoors">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Martin, Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW The National Cabinet announced a moratorium on evictions just over a week ago in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As government ministers and commentators have tried to make clear, it’s intended only to stop evictions – not ... <a title="Rents can and should be reduced or suspended for the coronavirus pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/rents-can-and-should-be-reduced-or-suspended-for-the-coronavirus-pandemic-135929/" aria-label="Read more about Rents can and should be reduced or suspended for the coronavirus pandemic">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geetanjali Saluja, Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney Governments everywhere face the challenge of getting people to stay home so they can limit the spread of coronavirus. In order to make their messages more effective, governments must ensure these appeals resonate with the cultural values of their audience. ... <a title="We’re not all in this together. Messages about social distancing need the right cultural fit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/were-not-all-in-this-together-messages-about-social-distancing-need-the-right-cultural-fit-135427/" aria-label="Read more about We’re not all in this together. Messages about social distancing need the right cultural fit">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Blakely, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Melbourne Australia is on track to flatten the curve of coronavirus cases, which will allow our health system to cope with increasing demand for intensive care unit (ICU) beds, recently released modelling confirms. The modelling, produced by the Doherty Institute, ... <a title="Yes, we’re flattening the coronavirus curve but modelling needs to inform how we start easing restrictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/yes-were-flattening-the-coronavirus-curve-but-modelling-needs-to-inform-how-we-start-easing-restrictions-135832/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, we’re flattening the coronavirus curve but modelling needs to inform how we start easing restrictions">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meredith Rossner, Professor of Criminology, Australian National University In the past, the courts were ideal breeding grounds for spreading disease. In what became known as the “Black Assize”, a deadly fever that swept through prisons and courts in England in 1586, 11 of 12 jurors in one ... <a title="Courts are moving to video during coronavirus, but research shows it’s hard to get a fair trial remotely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/courts-are-moving-to-video-during-coronavirus-but-research-shows-its-hard-to-get-a-fair-trial-remotely-134386/" aria-label="Read more about Courts are moving to video during coronavirus, but research shows it’s hard to get a fair trial remotely">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Trauer, Senior Research Fellow, Monash University Australia is effectively in lockdown. Public gatherings of more than two people are banned and people are only permitted to leave home for a limited set of reasons. The recent tough measures appear to be having some effect and the ... <a title="Now we’re in lockdown, how can we get out? 4 scenarios to prevent a second wave" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/now-were-in-lockdown-how-can-we-get-out-4-scenarios-to-prevent-a-second-wave-135246/" aria-label="Read more about Now we’re in lockdown, how can we get out? 4 scenarios to prevent a second wave">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Former Chief Justice Sir Arnold Amet … emergency powers up to controller alone. Video: EMTV News By Martha Louis in Madang Papua New Guinea’s former Chief Justice Sir Arnold Amet says the state of emergency (SoE) in the country means that no other authority has any ability or powers to make any orders, apart from ... <a title="Former PNG chief justice explains state role after second Covid-19 case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/former-png-chief-justice-explains-state-role-after-second-covid-19-case/" aria-label="Read more about Former PNG chief justice explains state role after second Covid-19 case">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
By Florencio Miranda Ximenes and Antónia Gusmão in Dili Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak has explained the decision to dismiss the vice-health minister, saying he lost trust in her to do the job. The President dismissed Élia António de Araújo dos Reis Amaral from her post on Friday, following a request from the prime minister. ... <a title="‘I lost my trust in her’, Timor PM says of health minister sacking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/i-lost-my-trust-in-her-timor-pm-says-of-health-minister-sacking/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I lost my trust in her’, Timor PM says of health minister sacking">Read more</a>
