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January 7, 2022
By Josefa Babitu in Suva Fiji is bracing for a third wave of the covid-19 virus after tests have confirmed the presence of the omicron variant in local communities. The country’s Health Secretary Dr James Fong said today the ministry was prioritising testing of suspected individuals to prevent severe illness and death and to focus ... <a title="Fiji braces for pandemic third wave as omicron cases found in community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/07/fiji-braces-for-pandemic-third-wave-as-omicron-cases-found-in-community/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji braces for pandemic third wave as omicron cases found in community">Read more</a>
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January 4, 2022
By Timoci Vula in Suva Fiji parents are advised not to send their children to school today if they are not feeling well as the country is rocked by a third wave of the covid-19 pandemic. That was the advice from the Ministry of Education as the last term for 2021 begins on January 4 ... <a title="Fiji parents warned about sick children in back-to-school catch-up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/04/fiji-parents-warned-about-sick-children-in-back-to-school-catch-up/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji parents warned about sick children in back-to-school catch-up">Read more</a>
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January 4, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Levo in Port Moresby In all of the meandering years in the life of Papua New Guinea, 2021, which ended on Friday has to be it. The colours were there, the love and laughter were there, the sadness, emotions, losses, highs and lows, the bleakness of our long-suffering population and blackness of ... <a title="The bleak and black covid year that shook Papua New Guinea to the core" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/04/the-bleak-and-black-covid-year-that-shook-papua-new-guinea-to-the-core/" aria-label="Read more about The bleak and black covid year that shook Papua New Guinea to the core">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2022
RNZ Pacific Pacific Island New Zealanders are now 90 percent fully vaccinated against covid-19, and a public health expert is urging them to keep up that momentum in the New Year. In a daily briefing, the Ministry of Health said 90 percent of eligible Pacific people in New Zealand had now had both vaccines. Associate ... <a title="Pasifika reach 90% vaccinated: ‘Keep going’ urges medical academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/02/pasifika-reach-90-vaccinated-keep-going-urges-medical-academic/" aria-label="Read more about Pasifika reach 90% vaccinated: ‘Keep going’ urges medical academic">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2022
RNZ News As some North Island regions moved to the orange traffic light setting at 11.59pm last night, New Zealand has now found two omicron cases that were briefly in the community, and close contacts are urgently being chased up. As a British DJ outed himself as the omicron community case identified yesterday, Covid-19 Response ... <a title="Urgent NZ search for DJ’s close contacts, second omicron case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/01/urgent-nz-search-for-djs-close-contacts-second-omicron-case/" aria-label="Read more about Urgent NZ search for DJ’s close contacts, second omicron case">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand’s Ministry of Health has confirmed that a border-related case with the omicron variant was briefly active in the community in the Auckland CBD earlier this week. The case arrived on a flight from the United Kingdom via Doha on December 16 and is fully vaccinated with a mRNA vaccine. They completed ... <a title="Omicron case was briefly active in NZ community, Health Ministry confirms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/01/omicron-case-was-briefly-active-in-nz-community-health-ministry-confirms/" aria-label="Read more about Omicron case was briefly active in NZ community, Health Ministry confirms">Read more</a>
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December 28, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk New Zealand’s leading daily newspaper has praised the “gift of inspiration” over global cooperation in launching the James Webb space telescope at the Christmas weekend, but has decried the failure of the international community to seriously tackle the growing covid-19 public health crisis cooperatively. The New Zealand Herald declared today in ... <a title="Herald scolds world over contrast between space and earthly wins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/28/herald-scolds-world-over-contrast-between-space-and-earthly-wins/" aria-label="Read more about Herald scolds world over contrast between space and earthly wins">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand’s Māori vaccination rate continues to tick up, with several district health boards (DHBs) now past 90 percent for first doses. But experts are warning rates are still far too low — with only 78 percent fully vaccinated — and with Omicron at the door, the danger the pandemic poses for Māori ... <a title="Māori vaccination rates in NZ still ‘dangerously low’, say advocates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/27/maori-vaccination-rates-in-nz-still-dangerously-low-say-advocates/" aria-label="Read more about Māori vaccination rates in NZ still ‘dangerously low’, say advocates">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2021
The first chart shows all countries and territories. The little places – many islands (ie with natural moats) – get their chance to compete with the big 'guys'. There has never been evidence that islands are somehow safer from Covid19 than countries with land borders.
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December 22, 2021
RNZ News More moves to tighten the New Zealand’s borders may be needed on top of the decision to delay the start of the self-isolation scheme for Australian travellers, a professor of public health says. Today, the government announced cabinet has decided to delay the self-isolation scheme. Instead of travellers being allowed to self-isolate from ... <a title="NZ may need to tighten borders further to keep omicron at bay, says professor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/22/nz-may-need-to-tighten-borders-further-to-keep-omicron-at-bay-says-professor/" aria-label="Read more about NZ may need to tighten borders further to keep omicron at bay, says professor">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Public policy has a number of biases. One is that certain real or alleged emergencies require (or seem to require) an urgent policy intervention. The result is a consortium of elected politicians, bureaucrat officials, and expert technocrats get on board, and assume a drivers’ role in a society which would otherwise ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Visualising a Way out of the Pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/keith-rankin-analysis-visualising-a-way-out-of-the-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Visualising a Way out of the Pandemic">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2021
RNZ News The Waitangi Tribunal has released a scathing ruling of the New Zealand government’s covid-19 response and vaccine rollout, saying Māori were put at risk. The tribunal held an urgent hearing early this month, and released its findings today. The tribunal says cabinet’s decision to go against official advice and not prioritise Māori in ... <a title="Waitangi Tribunal rules NZ covid-19 response ‘put Māori at risk’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/waitangi-tribunal-rules-nz-covid-19-response-put-maori-at-risk/" aria-label="Read more about Waitangi Tribunal rules NZ covid-19 response ‘put Māori at risk’">Read more</a>
