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April 29, 2020
By Gemma Holliani Cahya in Jakarta When the first covid-19 coronavirus pandemic cases were detected in Indonesia, one doctor at least knew right away that Papua was not ready to handle the highly infectious disease. “I know this might sound harsh for some people but this is the fact; if you don’t want to die, ... <a title="‘If you don’t want to die, don’t come to Papua’, warns response team doctor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/29/if-you-dont-want-to-die-dont-come-to-papua-warns-response-team-doctor/" aria-label="Read more about ‘If you don’t want to die, don’t come to Papua’, warns response team doctor">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
By Jo Moir, political reporter of RNZ News New Zealand’s Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has had to walk back comments made by himself and the Prime Minister yesterday about the country having achieved “elimination”. New Zealand has been hailed in international media, including The New York Times and the Sydney Daily Telegraph, ... <a title="NZ hailed for ‘winning battle’ over covid-19 – but the war isn’t over" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/nz-hailed-for-winning-battle-over-covid-19-but-the-war-isnt-over/" aria-label="Read more about NZ hailed for ‘winning battle’ over covid-19 – but the war isn’t over">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Tess Newton Cain of Griffith University Across the globe, the coronavirus pandemic has prompted countries and governments to become increasingly inward-looking. Australia is not immune to this. One of the effects of this situation has been that the “Pacific Step-up” appears to have dropped entirely off the political radar. The step-up is – ... <a title="How might coronavirus change Australia’s ‘Pacific Step-up’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/how-might-coronavirus-change-australias-pacific-step-up/" aria-label="Read more about How might coronavirus change Australia’s ‘Pacific Step-up’?">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
Indonesia currently has the highest covid-19 coronavirus mortality rate in Asia – between 8–9 percent – owing to its poor public health management and regional disparities within its health system, reports the Jakarta Globe. As of today, the global death toll from covid-19 has reached 210,804, with more than 3 million confirmed cases. Indonesia has ... <a title="High Indonesian smoking rate factor in highest coronavirus death rate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/high-indonesian-smoking-rate-factor-in-highest-coronavirus-death-rate/" aria-label="Read more about High Indonesian smoking rate factor in highest coronavirus death rate">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
New Zealand has just one new confirmed case of covid-19 coronavirus, and four new probable cases, the Health Ministry has revealed. But Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said there had been one more death due to the virus, bringing the total to 19. He said the latest victim was a woman in her 90s, ... <a title="NZ lockdown – day 33: One new case, but one further coronavirus death" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/nz-lockdown-day-33-one-new-case-but-one-further-coronavirus-death/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – day 33: One new case, but one further coronavirus death">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Off-label drugs may now be used in clinical trials in the Philippines to test possible cures for the coronavirus, pandemic, the Department of Health (DOH) has announced. During the department’s regular afternoon briefing yesterday, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the DOH is coordinating with the World Health Organisation (WHO) for the ... <a title="Off-label drugs may now be used in Philippines coronavirus trials" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/off-label-drugs-may-now-be-used-in-philippines-coronavirus-trials/" aria-label="Read more about Off-label drugs may now be used in Philippines coronavirus trials">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand has identified another nine cases of the covid-19 coronavirus, but no new deaths. The new cases include four confirmed and five probable cases, bringing New Zealand’s total cases to 1470. Four of the new cases were linked to New Zealand’s 16 clusters, and the others were all linked to other ... <a title="NZ lockdown – day 32: Nine more cases, no new deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/nz-lockdown-day-32-nine-more-cases-no-new-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – day 32: Nine more cases, no new deaths">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
Pacific Media Watch The Indonesian human rights advocacy group TAPOL has denounced the sentencing by the district court of Central Jakarta which found six political prisoners guilty of treason yesterday and demanded their immediate release. Paulus Suryanta Ginting, Ambrosius Mulait, Ariana Elopere, Dano Tabuni, and Charles Kossay were sentenced to nine months imprisonment, whereas Isay ... <a title="TAPOL denounces sentences handed to Jakarta Six, calls for their release" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/tapol-denounces-sentences-handed-to-jakarta-six-calls-for-their-release/" aria-label="Read more about TAPOL denounces sentences handed to Jakarta Six, calls for their release">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2020
By Wansolwara News A 21-year-old man on Fiji’s Vanua Levu island has tested positive for the Covid-19 novel coronavirus, taking the total number of cases in the country to 17. Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama said the man was a relative and travelling companion of case nine. He said they travelled together from India to Singapore ... <a title="Fiji imposes new lockdowns on Vanua Levu after virus cases rise to 17" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/17/fiji-imposes-new-lockdowns-on-vanua-levu-after-virus-cases-rise-to-17/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji imposes new lockdowns on Vanua Levu after virus cases rise to 17">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has confirmed that there are now five new cases of coronavirus in the country, three in the province bordering Papua, reports EMTV News. This takes the total to seven people who have now been infected with the Covid-19 coronavirus. Briefly, the seven people who have ... <a title="Marape confirms five new cases of coronavirus – three near Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/17/marape-confirms-five-new-cases-of-coronavirus-three-near-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Marape confirms five new cases of coronavirus – three near Papua">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2020
PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By David Robie, self-isolating in Auckland under New Zealand’s Covid-19 lockdown as part of a Pacific Media Watch series. Donald Trump’s sabre-rattling freeze on funding for the World Health Organisation at a time when many countries are pulling together for a global response to the coronavirus pandemic has surely earned him the ... <a title="How the ‘chief covidiot’ has blocked world health unity with WHO freeze" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/16/how-the-chief-covidiot-has-blocked-world-health-unity-with-who-freeze/" aria-label="Read more about How the ‘chief covidiot’ has blocked world health unity with WHO freeze">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2020
By Koroi Tadulala in Suva Fiji’s Ministry of Health mobile fever clinic teams operating in the greater Suva area have screened 121,304 Fijians so far. The ministry is aiming to screen 150,000 people by tomorrow. The ministry said the mobile fever clinics had been a success in identifying early symptoms and preventing the spread of ... <a title="Fiji fever clinics screen more than 120,000 people in Suva ‘success’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/16/fiji-fever-clinics-screen-more-than-120000-people-in-suva-success/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji fever clinics screen more than 120,000 people in Suva ‘success’">Read more</a>
