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August 26, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The first chart shows the three largest western countries: United States, United Kingdom, and Germany. The solid line plots represent quarterly average rates of excess death. It is clear that the United Kingdom copped Covid19 very early and very hard. The mid-June peak represents the period from mid-March to mid-June. It is ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Excess Deaths in New Zealand and Comparator Countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-excess-deaths-in-new-zealand-and-comparator-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Excess Deaths in New Zealand and Comparator Countries">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
RNZ Pacific Fifty percent of Fijians who died from covid-19 were at home at the time of their deaths. The Fiji government said it had noted that many people dying of covid-19 had not given healthcare workers a chance to treat them. The Health Ministry reported 398 new cases of covid-19 and five deaths for ... <a title="Half of Fiji’s 345 covid deaths at home, report health officials" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/half-of-fijis-345-covid-deaths-at-home-report-health-officials/" aria-label="Read more about Half of Fiji’s 345 covid deaths at home, report health officials">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2021
Journalists already under threat of military arrest, jail and torture in Myanmar are now fronting a covid-19 national crisis as the virus rips through a country stripped bare, writes Phil Thornton. SPECIAL REPORT: By Phil Thornton of the International Federation of Journalists It is six months since Myanmar’s military began dismantling the institutional framework supporting ... <a title="Myanmar: A nation in crisis as the covid pandemic takes hold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/09/myanmar-a-nation-in-crisis-as-the-covid-pandemic-takes-hold/" aria-label="Read more about Myanmar: A nation in crisis as the covid pandemic takes hold">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
By Timoci Vula in Suva Two Fijian pregnant women are among the 21 covid-19 deaths reported within a seven-day period from July 14. Their babies, however, were saved via a caesarean operation by the obstetric team. Health Secretary Dr James Fong revealed this in his covid-19 live update last evening as he announced the country’s ... <a title="Fiji medics save newborn babies – mothers among 21 new covid deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/fiji-medics-save-newborn-babies-mothers-among-21-new-covid-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji medics save newborn babies – mothers among 21 new covid deaths">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2021
RNZ Pacific The Fiji government’s response to the covid-19 pandemic outbreak is an utter failure, but it is not too late to follow New Zealand’s lockdown example, an opposition leader says. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told media her advice was that the lockdown strategy had saved lives. Fiji is in the grip of ... <a title="Fiji government ‘useless’, warns Prasad – Ardern touts lockdown benefits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/08/fiji-government-useless-warns-prasad-ardern-touts-lockdown-benefits/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji government ‘useless’, warns Prasad – Ardern touts lockdown benefits">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2021
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Three more people with covid-19 have died in Fiji in the last 24 hours — one of them the youngest patient since the pandemic reached the country in March 2020. There have been 14 deaths from covid-19 and 12 were from this outbreak alone while 8 covid-19 ... <a title="Fiji covid-19 death toll still climb – woman dies at 34 as crisis grows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/26/fiji-covid-19-death-toll-still-climb-woman-dies-at-34-as-crisis-grows/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji covid-19 death toll still climb – woman dies at 34 as crisis grows">Read more</a>
