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December 4, 2020
By RNZ Pacific The Northern Marianas is ready for its allocation of covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer after acquiring 10 ultra-cold freezers from South Korea. The acquisition of the freezers came as the CNMI waits for the Pfizer vaccines to get Emergency Use Authorisation approval from the US Food and Drug Administration. Even though the vaccines ... <a title="Northern Marianas gets vaccine freezers for covid-19 treatment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/04/northern-marianas-gets-vaccine-freezers-for-covid-19-treatment/" aria-label="Read more about Northern Marianas gets vaccine freezers for covid-19 treatment">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2020
By Eric Frykberg, RNZ News Reporter The New Zealand government has offered help to the under-pressure horticultural sector by allowing 2000 registered seasonal employer (RSE) workers in to help pick fruit and vegetables this summer. Growers had complained that without these workers, some produce would rot unpicked. The government has however imposed strict conditions. The ... <a title="NZ to admit 2000 Pacific horticulture workers under strict conditions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/nz-to-admit-2000-pacific-horticulture-workers-under-strict-conditions/" aria-label="Read more about NZ to admit 2000 Pacific horticulture workers under strict conditions">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2020
RNZ News Genome sequencing has showed the Air New Zealand crew member who tested positive for covid-19 in China is not linked to known cases in New Zealand, the Ministry of Health says. In a statement, the ministry reported one new case of the coronavirus in managed isolation today. The person arrived on November 14 ... <a title="Air NZ covid case not linked to New Zealand genomes – one new case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/26/air-nz-covid-case-not-linked-to-new-zealand-genomes-one-new-case/" aria-label="Read more about Air NZ covid case not linked to New Zealand genomes – one new case">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Three government members of Papua New Guinea’s Parliament have tested positive for covid-19. The MPs, whose names haven’t been publicised, have been in Prime Minister James Marape’s camp during the ongoing political standoff. PNG’s Pandemic Response Controller David Manning said that an MP was initially tested at the weekend and returned a ... <a title="Three PNG government MPs test covid-positive amid political crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/26/three-png-government-mps-test-covid-positive-amid-political-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Three PNG government MPs test covid-positive amid political crisis">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Fiji’s rugby team is set to have another round of covid-19 testing today as they seek to salvage what is left of their Autumn Nations Cup tour of Europe. Over the weekend it was announced the Flying Fijians would have their third consecutive test match cancelled due to a coronavirus outbreak in ... <a title="Fiji tries to salvage Nations Cup rugby tour from covid ruins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/fiji-tries-to-salvage-nations-cup-rugby-tour-from-covid-ruins/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji tries to salvage Nations Cup rugby tour from covid ruins">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Barbara Allen, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Michael Macaulay, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The world was ablaze with hope following the announcement last week that a vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech may be more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19. New Zealand politicians were ... <a title="Covid-19 vaccine – hard ethical and practical choices over distribution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/18/covid-19-vaccine-hard-ethical-and-practical-choices-over-distribution/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19 vaccine – hard ethical and practical choices over distribution">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
By RNZ News The meat industry is waiting with bated breath to find out if there is any truth that New Zealand meat is linked to a coolstore in China where covid-19 has been found on packaging. Reuters has reported the virus was found on beef and tripe products in a storage facility containing shipments ... <a title="Covid-19: Ardern confident NZ products ‘not exported with covid’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/covid-19-ardern-confident-nz-products-not-exported-with-covid/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19: Ardern confident NZ products ‘not exported with covid’">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland A new study on the impact of social media in the Pacific during the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has warned about the potential for misinformation or disinformation to have “dangerous outcomes”. But the report also acknowledges the importance of the so-called “coconut wireless” in Pacific information sharing and says that an ... <a title="Five things to know about social media and covid-19 in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/five-things-to-know-about-social-media-and-covid-19-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Five things to know about social media and covid-19 in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2020
By RNZ News Minister of Covid-19 Response Chris Hipkins says he is hopeful a lockdown can be avoided in New Zealand’s largest city after a community case of covid-19 surfaced in Auckland yesterday. He told RNZ Morning Report preliminary results from genome sequencing suggest the woman’s case was linked to a recent Defence Force cluster. ... <a title="NZ covid minister Hipkins hopeful of no lockdown over community case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/13/nz-covid-minister-hipkins-hopeful-of-no-lockdown-over-community-case/" aria-label="Read more about NZ covid minister Hipkins hopeful of no lockdown over community case">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2020
By RNZ News A New Zealand covid-19 community case identified in Auckland today had called in sick to work after being tested but went to work wearing a mask after talking to their boss, officials say. All people who work in downtown Auckland are being asked to work from home where possible tomorrow because of ... <a title="Covid-19: NZ tells Auckland workers in downtown to work from home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/12/covid-19-nz-warns-auckland-workers-in-downtown-to-work-from-home/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19: NZ tells Auckland workers in downtown to work from home">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2020
The Niugini Biomed Ltd papers … seeking to “leap frog” over all the other things Papua New Guinea needs and do drug research. Image: Scott Waide blog We cannot even get National Agriculture and Quarantine Inspection Authority (NAQIA) accredited laboratories up and running around Papua New Guinea for various lab testing our requirements. These labs ... <a title="Challenging covid-19 – two critics of PNG’s K10m drug development plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/01/challenging-covid-19-two-critics-of-pngs-k10m-drug-development-plan/" aria-label="Read more about Challenging covid-19 – two critics of PNG’s K10m drug development plan">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
By RNZ News Epidemiologist Sir David Skegg is concerned at the level of complacency the public and government is showing towards covid-19 since the country reverted to alert level 1. It comes following the revelations that an unknowingly infectious person visited an Auckland pub on Friday 16 October, as well as the influx of new ... <a title="Skegg warns against ‘complacency, slackness’ over Auckland covid fears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/skegg-warns-against-complacency-slackness-over-auckland-covid-fears/" aria-label="Read more about Skegg warns against ‘complacency, slackness’ over Auckland covid fears">Read more</a>
