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September 29, 2021
By Rita Peki in Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea Two deaths with two patients in critical condition is the status at one of Papua New Guinea’s leading hospitals as the covid-19 pandemic continues to create havoc along with an acute shortage of operational funds. Mount Hagen Provincial Hospital in Western Highlands Province — owed K1.6 ... <a title="Covid surge threatens PNG’s Mt Hagen hospital with ‘closure by Christmas’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/29/covid-surge-threatens-pngs-mt-hagen-hospital-with-closure-by-christmas/" aria-label="Read more about Covid surge threatens PNG’s Mt Hagen hospital with ‘closure by Christmas’">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk A new poll shows nearly two out of three New Zealanders want the border to remain closed until at least 90 percent of the country is vaccinated. The poll, in partnership with the country’s leading daily newspaper The New Zealand Herald, which is also running a 90% Project in support of ... <a title="Two thirds of New Zealanders favour border ‘safety first’, says Herald poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/two-thirds-of-new-zealanders-favour-border-safety-first-says-herald-poll/" aria-label="Read more about Two thirds of New Zealanders favour border ‘safety first’, says Herald poll">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
RNZ Pacific A group of doctors have hit the phones to support Pasifika families who have tested positive for covid-19 and been transferred into managed isolation. The chairperson of the Royal New Zealand College of GPs’ Pasifika chapter, Monica Liva, said about half the people infected with the virus in Auckland were Pasifika. She contacted ... <a title="Doctors rally on phone to help Pasifika families in isolation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/doctors-rally-on-phone-to-help-pasifika-families-in-isolation/" aria-label="Read more about Doctors rally on phone to help Pasifika families in isolation">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand has 16 community cases of covid-19 today, according to the Ministry of Health. In a statement, the ministry said 13 of today’s 16 cases had been epidemiologically linked to previous cases. There have been 10 unlinked cases in the past fortnight. There was also one historical community case not associated with ... <a title="NZ reports 16 new community covid cases after drop to single figures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/nz-reports-16-new-community-covid-cases-after-drop-to-single-figures/" aria-label="Read more about NZ reports 16 new community covid cases after drop to single figures">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2021
RNZ Pacific New Caledonia recorded 16 covid-19 deaths yesterday — the highest single day total since the delta strain of the virus arrived in the territory less than three weeks ago. A spokesperson for the territorial government, Gilbert Tyuienon, said the archipelago “is going through a crisis never seen in its entire history”. Fifty-two people ... <a title="Covid deaths soar in New Caledonian crisis – 16 in one day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/24/covid-deaths-soar-in-new-caledonian-crisis-16-in-one-day/" aria-label="Read more about Covid deaths soar in New Caledonian crisis – 16 in one day">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2021
RNZ News Papua New Guinea authorities are preparing for a four-week lockdown in at least three provinces at the end of the month. The move has been prompted by a spike in covid-19 infection rates in Eastern Highlands province as well as the two provinces which sit on the border with Indonesia, Western and West ... <a title="PNG prepares to impose covid lockdown in several provinces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/23/png-prepares-to-impose-covid-lockdown-in-several-provinces/" aria-label="Read more about PNG prepares to impose covid lockdown in several provinces">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Glen Johnson On August 17, a 58-year-old man from Auckland became symptomatic and tested positive for covid-19. It was New Zealand’s first community case of the coronavirus in almost six months. Within hours, the nation of five million moved into alert level four, part of its “go hard, go early” approach. All travel ... <a title="In spite of relentless media negativity, NZ’s covid story is largely successful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/23/in-spite-of-relentless-media-negativity-nzs-covid-story-is-largely-successful/" aria-label="Read more about In spite of relentless media negativity, NZ’s covid story is largely successful">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A Papua New Guinean doctor evacuated from Daru in Western Province to Port Moresby last Tuesday has died – the latest medical person to succumb to the covid-19 pandemic in the country, reports The National. The doctor was flown to Port Moresby after she suffered severe distress, according to Deputy Controller ... <a title="PNG doctor from Daru Hospital dies from covid-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/22/png-doctor-from-daru-hospital-dies-from-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about PNG doctor from Daru Hospital dies from covid-19">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Collin Tukuitonga, University of Auckland Auckland’s move to alert level 3 has also triggered speculation about whether the national covid-19 elimination strategy has failed or is even being abandoned. While the New Zealand government denies it, others clearly believe it is at least a possibility. The uncertainty is troubling. If elimination fails or ... <a title="If NZ’s covid elimination strategy is abandoned now ‘more Māori and Pasifika people will die’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/if-nzs-covid-elimination-strategy-is-abandoned-now-more-maori-and-pasifika-people-will-die/" aria-label="Read more about If NZ’s covid elimination strategy is abandoned now ‘more Māori and Pasifika people will die’">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent Alert level 3 is being called a roll of the dice that could either eliminate delta or send the country back into level 4. From tomorrow, Auckland will make the move after five weeks at alert level 4. Covid-19 modeller – and Aucklander – professor Shaun Hendy said ... <a title="NZ experts say Auckland move to alert level 3 ‘risky’ – but PM still confident" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/nz-experts-say-auckland-move-to-alert-level-3-risky-but-pm-still-confident/" aria-label="Read more about NZ experts say Auckland move to alert level 3 ‘risky’ – but PM still confident">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Papua New Guinea’s Department of Labour has broken its silence over the government’s stance on covid-19 testing requirements in the “no jab no jobs” controversy, reports the PNG Post-Courier. It has called on employers and employees to exercise common sense and ensure that businesses are allowed to continue and embrace workplace ... <a title="PNG’s labour minister calls for truce in ‘no jab no job’ controversy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/pngs-labour-minister-calls-for-truce-in-no-jab-no-job-controversy/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s labour minister calls for truce in ‘no jab no job’ controversy">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
RNZ News Auckland will move to alert level 3 from 11.59pm on Tuesday night, and stay in level 3 for at least two weeks, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced. The rest of New Zealand will remain in level 2, but will move from gatherings of 50 up to gatherings of 100. Meanwhile, part of ... <a title="Auckland moves ‘cautiously’ to covid alert level 3, rest of NZ stays put" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/auckland-moves-cautiously-to-covid-alert-level-3-rest-of-nz-stays-put/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland moves ‘cautiously’ to covid alert level 3, rest of NZ stays put">Read more</a>
