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March 18, 2020
By Scott Waide in Lae The Papua New Guinea Defence Force has been put on alert as Health Minister Jelta Wong formally declared the Covid-19 coronavirus as a “quarantinable disease” under the country’s health laws. The National Security Council met on Monday to discuss additional control measures in light of the worsening crisis in Australia ... <a title="Military put on alert as PNG announces further restrictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/18/military-put-on-alert-as-png-announces-further-restrictions/" aria-label="Read more about Military put on alert as PNG announces further restrictions">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2020
This chart shows the extent that the initial Chinese outbreak of Covid-19 was confined to Hubei province, a province with a population similar to that of Italy. And it shows that, while Hubei still has more recorded deaths per capita than Italy, Italy has more than twice as many active (unrecovered) cases per person. Italy’s ... <a title="Keith Rankin Graph Analysis – Covid-19 Virus: West is Worst" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/17/keith-rankin-graph-analysis-covid-19-virus-west-is-worst/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Graph Analysis – Covid-19 Virus: West is Worst">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Pacific countries have further tightened border measures to try to keep the coronavirus from gaining a foothold in the islands. Six cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the Pacific so far – the first three in French Polynesia and, last night, three were confirmed in Guam. Health officials have made no ... <a title="Pacific borders tightened further in bid to keep out coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/pacific-borders-tightened-further-in-bid-to-keep-out-coronavirus/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific borders tightened further in bid to keep out coronavirus">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2020
By RNZ News Health officials have ramped up their presence at airports in New Zealand as tougher travel restrictions came into force today. From 1am today all travellers who enter the country, except from Pacific Island countries, must go into isolation for 14 days. Since the announcement of the new restrictions airlines have been overwhelmed ... <a title="New travel restrictions in force in NZ, chaos at airports in the US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/new-travel-restrictions-in-force-in-nz-chaos-at-airports-in-the-us/" aria-label="Read more about New travel restrictions in force in NZ, chaos at airports in the US">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2020
The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed 29 new cases of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus in the country today – bringing the total number of cases to 140 – as Metro Manila went into lockdown for one month. The DOH also announced that three more patients have died from the virus. The death toll ... <a title="Philippines coronavirus rise to 140, with 11 deaths – Manila in lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/philippines-coronavirus-rise-to-140-with-11-deaths-manila-in-lockdown/" aria-label="Read more about Philippines coronavirus rise to 140, with 11 deaths – Manila in lockdown">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2020
By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced late today wide-ranging travel restrictions which mean as of midnight tomorrow anyone coming into New Zealand will have to self-isolate for 14 days. The only exemption is for people coming from the Pacific islands, but New Zealanders returning from overseas will not be exempt. The measures will ... <a title="New travel curbs require almost everyone entering NZ to self-isolate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/14/new-travel-curbs-require-almost-everyone-entering-nz-to-self-isolate/" aria-label="Read more about New travel curbs require almost everyone entering NZ to self-isolate">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2020
French Polynesia has recorded the first coronavirus case in the Pacific Islands. President Edouard Fritch said the carrier was one of French Polynesia’s members of the French National Assembly, Maina Sage, who returned from Paris at the weekend. She was at home in self-isolation, Fritch said. Reports say Sage had met the French Culture Minister ... <a title="French Polynesia records Pacific’s first coronavirus case with Paris lawmaker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/14/french-polynesia-records-pacifics-first-coronavirus-case-with-paris-lawmaker/" aria-label="Read more about French Polynesia records Pacific’s first coronavirus case with Paris lawmaker">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Scott Waide in Port Moresby There is no other way to say this to the government of Papua New Guinea. Prime Minister James Marape, you need to issue the orders to shut down our borders starting with our international airports. While every other country is initiating lockdowns over the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, Papua ... <a title="Coronavirus: We need to shut down PNG borders and prepare our people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/14/coronavirus-we-need-to-shut-down-png-borders-and-prepare-our-people/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus: We need to shut down PNG borders and prepare our people">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2020
By Sela Jane Hopgood of RNZ Pacific The cancellation of this year’s New Zealand Pasifika Festival in Auckland because of coronavirus fears is expected to be a huge financial blow for some stallholders. Dutchie Low, from Hawaiian Pineapple Hut, said he found out about the cancellation on Facebook, which was then followed by a few ... <a title="NZ’s canned Pasifika Festival a financial blow for stallholders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/13/nzs-canned-pasifika-festival-a-financial-blow-for-stallholders/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s canned Pasifika Festival a financial blow for stallholders">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2020
By Sofia Tomacruz in Manila Several cabinet members of the Duterte government are placing themselves under quarantine in an effort to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus Covid-19, while serving as the country’s top officials closest to President Rodrigo Duterte. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III last night became the first cabinet official to announce ... <a title="Duterte cabinet members in self-quarantine amid coronavirus fears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/12/duterte-cabinet-members-in-self-quarantine-amid-coronavirus-fears/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte cabinet members in self-quarantine amid coronavirus fears">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin Will there be a resumption of normality? For a few weeks now, awareness has been growing that the global economic consequences of the Covid19 epidemic (that WHO today notes has “characteristics of a pandemic”) may be greater than the medical consequences, even if the European death rates fail to level‑off, even if ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Economic Emergency 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/12/keith-rankin-analysis-economic-emergency-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Economic Emergency 2020">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2020
By Marchio Irfan Gorbiano in Jakarta Indonesia has reported its first death from the Covid-19 coronavirus today, a 53-year-old woman and foreign citizen identified as Case 25. The Health Ministry’s disease control and prevention director-general Achmad Yurianto said Case 25 died about 2 am on Wednesday after nearly three days of treatment. “The patient was ... <a title="Indonesia reports first death – a foreigner – from Covid-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/11/indonesia-reports-first-death-a-foreigner-from-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia reports first death – a foreigner – from Covid-19">Read more</a>
