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April 28, 2020
Indonesia currently has the highest covid-19 coronavirus mortality rate in Asia – between 8–9 percent – owing to its poor public health management and regional disparities within its health system, reports the Jakarta Globe. As of today, the global death toll from covid-19 has reached 210,804, with more than 3 million confirmed cases. Indonesia has ... <a title="High Indonesian smoking rate factor in highest coronavirus death rate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/high-indonesian-smoking-rate-factor-in-highest-coronavirus-death-rate/" aria-label="Read more about High Indonesian smoking rate factor in highest coronavirus death rate">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
By RNZ News Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders are returning to work today under eased level 3 restrictions – and some are queuing in long lines for takeaways on the way. New Zealand has moved to alert level 3 after five weeks of level 4 coronavirus lockdown, reducing restrictions on businesses and schooling. An ... <a title="Long queues for takeaways as many NZers return to work after lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/long-queues-for-takeaways-as-many-nzers-return-to-work-after-lockdown/" aria-label="Read more about Long queues for takeaways as many NZers return to work after lockdown">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
By Apenisa Waqairadovu in Suva The covid-19 coronovirus pandemic is increasingly disrupting countless industries across the world with a growing global economic crisis. However, for the media sector, the virus is ironically creating both opportunities and challenges. While mainstream media consumption has seen a massive increase since the start of the pandemic, the industry faces critical ... <a title="Fiji media industry faces challenges over coronavirus disruption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/fiji-media-industry-faces-challenges-over-coronavirus-disruption/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji media industry faces challenges over coronavirus disruption">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
New Zealand has just one new confirmed case of covid-19 coronavirus, and four new probable cases, the Health Ministry has revealed. But Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said there had been one more death due to the virus, bringing the total to 19. He said the latest victim was a woman in her 90s, ... <a title="NZ lockdown – day 33: One new case, but one further coronavirus death" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/nz-lockdown-day-33-one-new-case-but-one-further-coronavirus-death/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – day 33: One new case, but one further coronavirus death">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Off-label drugs may now be used in clinical trials in the Philippines to test possible cures for the coronavirus, pandemic, the Department of Health (DOH) has announced. During the department’s regular afternoon briefing yesterday, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the DOH is coordinating with the World Health Organisation (WHO) for the ... <a title="Off-label drugs may now be used in Philippines coronavirus trials" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/off-label-drugs-may-now-be-used-in-philippines-coronavirus-trials/" aria-label="Read more about Off-label drugs may now be used in Philippines coronavirus trials">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
By Anish Chand in Suva Political leaders are known to beat around the bush when it comes to answering serious topics and when faced with a hard-nosed journalist who wants the story he or she is chasing. With the late Laisenia Qarase – who died last week – he never lied and spoke his mind ... <a title="A media tribute to Fiji’s late former PM Laisenia Qarase" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/a-media-tribute-to-fijis-late-former-pm-laisenia-qarase/" aria-label="Read more about A media tribute to Fiji’s late former PM Laisenia Qarase">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand has identified another nine cases of the covid-19 coronavirus, but no new deaths. The new cases include four confirmed and five probable cases, bringing New Zealand’s total cases to 1470. Four of the new cases were linked to New Zealand’s 16 clusters, and the others were all linked to other ... <a title="NZ lockdown – day 32: Nine more cases, no new deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/nz-lockdown-day-32-nine-more-cases-no-new-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – day 32: Nine more cases, no new deaths">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
Pacific Media Watch The Indonesian human rights advocacy group TAPOL has denounced the sentencing by the district court of Central Jakarta which found six political prisoners guilty of treason yesterday and demanded their immediate release. Paulus Suryanta Ginting, Ambrosius Mulait, Ariana Elopere, Dano Tabuni, and Charles Kossay were sentenced to nine months imprisonment, whereas Isay ... <a title="TAPOL denounces sentences handed to Jakarta Six, calls for their release" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/tapol-denounces-sentences-handed-to-jakarta-six-calls-for-their-release/" aria-label="Read more about TAPOL denounces sentences handed to Jakarta Six, calls for their release">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University Australia’s relationship with China is fractured. Arguably, this is the worst moment in Sino-Australian relations since Gough Whitlam normalised ties on his election in December 1972. The Chinese saying “kill the chicken to frighten the monkey” would ... <a title="China-Australia relations hit new low in spat over handling of coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/china-australia-relations-hit-new-low-in-spat-over-handling-of-coronavirus-137377/" aria-label="Read more about China-Australia relations hit new low in spat over handling of coronavirus">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Corn, Professor, Elder Conservatorium of Music · Director, Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM) · Director, National Centre for Aboriginal Language and Music Studies (NCALMS), Faculty of Arts, University of Adelaide Recent weeks have been a blur of livestreams as politicians and chief medical officers ... <a title="Together we rise: East Arnhem Land artists respond to COVID-19 with the gift of music" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/together-we-rise-east-arnhem-land-artists-respond-to-covid-19-with-the-gift-of-music-137247/" aria-label="Read more about Together we rise: East Arnhem Land artists respond to COVID-19 with the gift of music">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Debate about how Australia will emerge from the coronavirus pandemic is heating up. As part of the economic recovery, business groups have renewed calls to cut “green tape” – environmental regulation that new projects, such as new ... <a title="Cutting ‘green tape’ may be good politicking, but it’s bad policy. Here are 5 examples of regulation failure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/cutting-green-tape-may-be-good-politicking-but-its-bad-policy-here-are-5-examples-of-regulation-failure-137164/" aria-label="Read more about Cutting ‘green tape’ may be good politicking, but it’s bad policy. Here are 5 examples of regulation failure">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Predictions It is dangerous to predict how pandemics will pan out. In Covid19 by the Numbers, Anatole Kaletsky (writing for Project Syndicate on 10 March 2020) used what looked like advanced analysis to conclude that at most 750,000 outside of China would contract Covid19. (He admitted he was wide of the ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Will Covid-19 remain a First-World Disease?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/keith-rankin-analysis-will-covid-19-remain-a-first-world-disease/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Will Covid-19 remain a First-World Disease?">Read more</a>
