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January 30, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Here I include three European countries and three others well known for their Covid19 issues. Of the European countries, Switzerland was first to be hit, and did substantially suppress the epidemic. Sweden was hit for a prolonged period, but eventually got the problem down to ‘acceptable’ levels. Slovakia – the only one ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Deaths in Six Covid-Hot Countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/30/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-deaths-in-six-covid-hot-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Deaths in Six Covid-Hot Countries">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
By Katie Todd, RNZ News reporter A wine delivery, a note penned on the back of a facemask and a 20-minute bedroom “encounter” have spelled the end of a managed isolation staffer’s job in New Zealand. However, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins refutes there are slipping standards at the border facilities, where authorities are also ... <a title="Hipkins denies NZ’s MIQ standards slipping after covid cases, illicit rendevous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/hipkins-denies-nzs-miq-standards-slipping-after-covid-cases-illicit-rendevous/" aria-label="Read more about Hipkins denies NZ’s MIQ standards slipping after covid cases, illicit rendevous">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
By Karo Jesse in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court has stayed a court order nullifying the appointment of David Manning as Commissioner of Police. Manning, who was ordered to vacate his office by noon today, is also the country’s Pandemic Response Controller. The order was handed down by Justice David Cannings in the ... <a title="PNG court rules police chief Manning can stay pending appeal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/png-court-rules-police-chief-manning-can-stay-pending-appeal/" aria-label="Read more about PNG court rules police chief Manning can stay pending appeal">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
By RNZ News The New Zealand government should impose a week-long home quarantine for returnees after they have left managed isolation facilities to reduce the risk of community spread, epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker says. Three positive cases, a Northland woman and a father and daughter in Auckland, were detected this week after they had left ... <a title="‘Impose stricter quarantine measures’, epidemiologist tells NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/impose-stricter-quarantine-measures-epidemiologist-tells-nz/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Impose stricter quarantine measures’, epidemiologist tells NZ">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
By RNZ News The two new cases of covid-19 confirmed yesterday in New Zealand are the South African variant and initial results show they are connected to the Northland case at the Pullman Hotel. This morning the Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, confirmed to Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins that preliminary genomic sequencing results ... <a title="NZ’s two new covid cases linked to South African strain in Northland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/nzs-two-new-covid-cases-linked-to-south-african-strain-in-northland/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s two new covid cases linked to South African strain in Northland">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2021
New Zealand’s Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins has revealed that 14 close contacts of the Northland community case have returned negative test results. Yesterday he announced two close contacts – her husband and hair dresser – were negative. In his tweet, Hipkins described the news as “encouraging”. However, New Zealand should be ready to move ... <a title="NZ covid: 14 close contacts of Northland case test negative" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/26/nz-covid-14-close-contacts-of-northland-case-test-negative/" aria-label="Read more about NZ covid: 14 close contacts of Northland case test negative">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. With Covid19, Italy shows the classic European pattern, with its early outbreak, substantial recovery thanks to lockdowns and other public health measures, and resurgence thanks to complacency and summer mingling. Brazil, on the other hand, shows a pattern, even more extreme than the USA, of an outbreak that did not go away. ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Italy and Brazil – Three Perspectives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-italy-and-brazil-three-perspectives/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Italy and Brazil – Three Perspectives">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
By Lulu Mark in Port Moresby In spite of Papua New Guinea’s mandatory mask-wearing requirement under the National Pandemic Act 2020, many public servants attending a dedication service in Port Moresby have failed to wear one. They were issued masks before entering the Sir John Guise Indoor Complex but took them off once inside. Pandemic ... <a title="Papua New Guineans defy national mask-wearing rules in spite of covid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/papua-new-guineans-defy-national-mask-wearing-rules-in-spite-of-covid/" aria-label="Read more about Papua New Guineans defy national mask-wearing rules in spite of covid">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2021
By RNZ News An independent panel says Chinese officials could have applied public health measures more forcefully in January to curb the initial covid-19 outbreak, and criticised the World Health Organisation (WHO) for not declaring an international emergency until 30 January. The experts reviewing the global handling of the pandemic, led by former New Zealand ... <a title="Helen Clark-led covid-19 review panel calls for ‘global reset’ over pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/19/helen-clark-led-covid-19-review-panel-calls-for-global-reset-over-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Helen Clark-led covid-19 review panel calls for ‘global reset’ over pandemic">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Fiji’s NGO Coalition on Human Rights has called for stronger accountability and commitment to human rights at home in response to the country taking the world stage as the head of a UN body. The UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR) elected Fiji’s ambassador Nazhat Shameem as its 2021 president on Friday. ... <a title="‘Walk the talk’ human rights warning from Fiji NGO over UN chair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/19/walk-the-talk-human-rights-warning-from-fiji-ngo-over-un-chair/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Walk the talk’ human rights warning from Fiji NGO over UN chair">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticised the Indonesian government of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo for its weak health response to covid-19 which has brought Indonesia to its knees since March 2020, reports CNN Indonesia. The assessment is based on Indonesia’s poor rates of testing and tracing and minimal transparency. Furthermore, the ... <a title="Jokowi prioritised business interests at expense of jobs and lives, says HRW" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/18/jokowi-prioritised-business-interests-at-expense-of-jobs-and-lives-says-hrw/" aria-label="Read more about Jokowi prioritised business interests at expense of jobs and lives, says HRW">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2021
By The National in Port Moresby An expatriate who tested positive for the covid-19 coronavirus last week has been admitted to a private hospital in the Papua New Guinea capital of Port Moresby, an official has confirmed. Pacific International Hospital (PIH) chief executive officer Colonel Sandeep Shaligram toldThe National the case had been immediately reported ... <a title="Expatriate in PNG tests positive with covid and admitted to private hospital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/18/expatriate-in-png-tests-positive-with-covid-and-admitted-to-private-hospital/" aria-label="Read more about Expatriate in PNG tests positive with covid and admitted to private hospital">Read more</a>
