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April 15, 2022
RNZ News Covid-19 restrictions for all of New Zealand will ease from midnight tonight but a leading epidemiologist says the country is divided over its risk From 11.59pm tonight, all of New Zealand moves into the orange traffic light setting, Covid-19 Reponse Minister Chris Hipkins announced today. He said the change in alert levels was ... <a title="NZ moves to orange: Experts respond to change in traffic light settings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/15/nz-moves-to-orange-experts-respond-to-change-in-traffic-light-settings/" aria-label="Read more about NZ moves to orange: Experts respond to change in traffic light settings">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 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 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 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 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>
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January 11, 2021
By RNZ News New Zealand faces an increased risk of community transmission from the UK strain of covid-19 that is now arriving in the country, says epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker. There were 31 new imported cases of covid-19 reported today, with the Health Ministry also revealing that 19 people have tested positive for the more ... <a title="Covid-19: UK variant raises risk of NZ community transmission, says expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/11/covid-19-uk-variant-raises-risk-of-nz-community-transmission-says-expert/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19: UK variant raises risk of NZ community transmission, says expert">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Ramzy Baroud The notion that the covid-19 pandemic was “the great equalizer’ should be dead and buried by now. If anything, the lethal disease is another terrible reminder of the deep divisions and inequalities in our societies. That said, the treatment of the disease should not be a repeat of the same shameful ... <a title="The Great Divider: Covid-19 reflects global racism, not equality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/23/the-great-divider-covid-19-reflects-global-racism-not-equality/" aria-label="Read more about The Great Divider: Covid-19 reflects global racism, not equality">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2020
By Sela Jane Hopgood, RNZ Pacific journalist Covid-19 vaccinations begin in the Northern Mariana Islands this weekend, but it is not yet clear when other Pacific countries will have access to a vaccine. The Northern Marianas, which is a US territory, was expecting 5,000 doses of the The Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to arrive during the ... <a title="Covid-19 vaccine roll out starts in parts of the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/20/covid-19-vaccine-roll-out-starts-in-parts-of-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19 vaccine roll out starts in parts of the Pacific">Read more</a>
