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February 23, 2021
By RNZ News Papua New Guinea’s covid-19 cases have jumped to more than 1000, including the National Pandemic Controller and members of his family. Eight new covid-19 cases were reported in the country over the weekend taking the country’s number of infections to 1056. The latest cases were reported in East New Britain, Madang and ... <a title="Spate of PNG covid-19 cases include national pandemic chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/23/spate-of-png-covid-19-cases-include-national-pandemic-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Spate of PNG covid-19 cases include national pandemic chief">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2021
Essay by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP. The past year is one that few of us will forget. While the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have played out unevenly across Asia and the Pacific, the region has been spared many of the worst effects seen in other ... <a title="Essay: Sustainable energy key to COVID-19 recovery in Asia and the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/22/essay-sustainable-energy-key-to-covid-19-recovery-in-asia-and-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Essay: Sustainable energy key to COVID-19 recovery in Asia and the Pacific">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Rubén Sierra From Los Angeles, California In a world harmed by the severe COVID-19 pandemic, the access to vaccines is being distorted by the rules of the open market and the deep gap between rich and poor nations. As the director of the World Health Organization (WHO), ... <a title="Latin America finds its own answers to produce COVID-19 vaccines and save lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/19/latin-america-finds-its-own-answers-to-produce-covid-19-vaccines-and-save-lives/" aria-label="Read more about Latin America finds its own answers to produce COVID-19 vaccines and save lives">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2021
Article by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana – Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP Tomorrow (February 19) marks the entry into force of a new international agreement promoting paperless trade, a timely reminder of how the COVID-19 pandemic has brought digital solutions to regional development challenges into the limelight. Paperless trade across borders has ... <a title="Op-Ed: Accelerating Trade Digitalization in Times of the Pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/19/op-ed-accelerating-trade-digitalization-in-times-of-the-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Op-Ed: Accelerating Trade Digitalization in Times of the Pandemic">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin.
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February 15, 2021
Essay by Keith Rankin. Last Thursday I walked the Tongariro (Alpine) Crossing with my partner. Actually, it was my third time, having also enjoyed that beautiful volcanic walk in 1979 and 1990. This was my first time with a mobile phone in my pocket. My phone assured me that the 19½ kilometre walk took me ... <a title="Keith Rankin on taking 39,000 Steps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/keith-rankin-on-taking-39000-steps/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin on taking 39,000 Steps">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Before noting the role of Czechia – the Czech Republic – in the most lethal wave of the Covid19 pandemic in Europe, we should note the tragic recent circumstance of Portugal. In the first chart above, we see that Portugal, a country that in April performed very well compared to its neighbours, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Czechia may be the key to Europe’s most lethal wave" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/05/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-czechia-may-be-the-key-to-europes-most-lethal-wave/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Czechia may be the key to Europe’s most lethal wave">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2021
By Ihsanuddin in Jakarta Jakarta Indonesian Doctor’s Association (IDI) chairperson Slamet Budiarto has challenged a statement by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo who has claimed that the Indonesian government has succeeded in bringing the coronavirus pandemic under control. Budiarto said he was confused about what parameters Widodo was using in making such a statement. “I don’t ... <a title="Indonesian doctors challenge Jokowi’s claim pandemic is ‘under control’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/indonesian-doctors-challenge-jokowis-claim-pandemic-is-under-control/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian doctors challenge Jokowi’s claim pandemic is ‘under control’">Read more</a>
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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 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>
