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August 6, 2021
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby A female nurse in Madang is the first local Papua New Guinean to be tested positive for the highly infectious coronavirus covid-19 delta strain, with health officials scrambling to find out where she got it from. She becomes the eighth confirmed case in Papua New Guinea. The other seven ... <a title="Madang nurse tests positive as PNG covid delta fears rise after eight cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/madang-nurse-tests-positive-as-png-covid-delta-fears-rise-after-eight-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Madang nurse tests positive as PNG covid delta fears rise after eight cases">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
RNZ Pacific Fiji has reported 968 new cases of covid-19 and 11 more deaths, including a teenager, for the 24 hours to 8am yesterday. That compares with 1187 infections and 11 deaths in the previous 24-hour period. The government also confirmed last night that all but one of the victims were not vaccinated. Of the ... <a title="Girl, 15, among 11 dead as 968 new covid cases confirmed in Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/girl-15-among-11-dead-as-968-new-covid-cases-confirmed-in-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Girl, 15, among 11 dead as 968 new covid cases confirmed in Fiji">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea and neighbouring Indonesia have been discussing a potential reopening of their shared border. The border was officially closed early last year due to the covid-19 pandemic, but the illegal movement of people back and forth has continued across the porous international boundary. PNG Prime Minister James Marape met with Indonesia’s ... <a title="Indonesia, PNG hold talks over possible reopening of border" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/indonesia-png-hold-talks-over-possible-reopening-of-border/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia, PNG hold talks over possible reopening of border">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The issues to watch out for now are the extent to which countries with high vaccination rates are (1) getting positive cases, and (2) getting Covid19 deaths. And one particular point to watch out for is the extent to which early vaccinator countries show signs of relapse, as immunity levels wane ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Latest Covid19 Statistics, in the Northern Hemisphere Summer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-latest-covid19-statistics-in-the-northern-hemisphere-summer/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Latest Covid19 Statistics, in the Northern Hemisphere Summer">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
By Hengky Yeimo in Jayapura Local governments in Papua — such as the Yapen Islands and Puncak administrations — say they are continuing to promote the benefits of covid-19 vaccines to indigenous Papuans as hoaxes and distrust from local people towards the Indonesian government has increased low vaccination rates. Head of Yapen Islands Health Agency, ... <a title="Papuan local governments push covid vaccine in spite of hoaxes, distrust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/papuan-local-governments-push-covid-vaccine-in-spite-of-hoaxes-distrust/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan local governments push covid vaccine in spite of hoaxes, distrust">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist A new vaccine may be needed if the delta variant of covid-19, which is currently in Fiji, continues to mutate, health experts say. The government says more than 22,000 people with covid are in isolation and the death toll has passed 260, and climbing. The victims included an 11-month-old ... <a title="Health specialists warn against mutating delta variant in Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/health-specialists-warn-against-mutating-delta-variant-in-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Health specialists warn against mutating delta variant in Fiji">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
RNZ Pacific Covid-19 infections continue to rise in Fiji with 1220 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours to 8am yesterday. The government also confirmed seven more deaths, bringing the toll to 261. That compares with 1100 cases and 13 deaths in the previous 24-hour period. Health Secretary Dr James Fong said the seven ... <a title="Fiji faces 1220 new covid cases, seven deaths as infections still rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/fiji-faces-1220-new-covid-cases-seven-deaths-as-infections-still-rise/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji faces 1220 new covid cases, seven deaths as infections still rise">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
RNZ Pacific New Zealand is sending 100,000 vaccine doses and additional financial support to Fiji for nursing staff as the country’s covid-19 death toll passed 250. Fiji reported 1100 new cases and 13 more deaths today, bringing the total death toll to 254. Of the deaths, 252 of them have come from the April outbreak ... <a title="NZ sends 100,000 vaccine doses to Fiji as covid deaths top 250" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/nz-sends-100000-vaccine-doses-to-fiji-as-covid-deaths-top-250/" aria-label="Read more about NZ sends 100,000 vaccine doses to Fiji as covid deaths top 250">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2021
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist As with much of Indonesia, the country’s easternmost provinces of Papua and West Papua are struggling to contain the spread of covid-19, with the delta variant on the loose. In their latest update, health authorities in Papua province reported 33,826 confirmed cases of the virus to date, as well ... <a title="Vaccine resistance in West Papua as covid-19 pandemic rages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/31/vaccine-resistance-in-west-papua-as-covid-19-pandemic-rages/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccine resistance in West Papua as covid-19 pandemic rages">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand’s first mass vaccination event is getting under way in Manukau where 16,000 people are due to receive a covid-19 vaccine in the next three days. The Vodafone Events Centre in Manukau has been set up with 242 booths, and people will file in at their allotted time to take a seat ... <a title="NZ covid-19 mass vaccination event starts in Auckland – long delays" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/31/nz-covid-19-mass-vaccination-event-starts-in-auckland-long-delays/" aria-label="Read more about NZ covid-19 mass vaccination event starts in Auckland – long delays">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has warned the news media that the country’s emergency powers enable the government to target “yellow journalism” and the spreading of misinformation, reports the Solomon Islands Herald. Speaking in Parliament on a motion to extend the covid pandemic State of Public Emergency by a further ... <a title="Solomons PM warns journalists against ‘yellow journalism’ rumours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/31/solomons-pm-warns-journalists-against-yellow-journalism-rumours/" aria-label="Read more about Solomons PM warns journalists against ‘yellow journalism’ rumours">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O’Sullivan, Charles Sturt University The arrest of nine Fijian opposition politicians, including party leaders and two former prime ministers, once again exposes Fijian democracy’s fragility. The intimidation doesn’t bode well for the parliamentary elections due next year (or early 2023). The political crisis has been overshadowed by Fiji’s covid-19 crisis, which has ... <a title="Fiji’s other crisis – away from the covid emergency, political dissent can still get you arrested" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/fijis-other-crisis-away-from-the-covid-emergency-political-dissent-can-still-get-you-arrested/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s other crisis – away from the covid emergency, political dissent can still get you arrested">Read more</a>
