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March 27, 2020
By JC Gotinga in Manila Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff General Felimon Santos Jr has tested positive for the Covid-19 novel coronavirus. Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana shared the information today with reporters covering defence issues. General Santos said yesterday that he was on home quarantine after coming into contact with another senior AFP ... <a title="Philippines military chief General Santos tests positive for coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/philippines-military-chief-general-santos-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/" aria-label="Read more about Philippines military chief General Santos tests positive for coronavirus">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
IN-DEPTH: By Kate Newton of RNZ News A week ago, Shaun Hendy packed up a desktop computer and monitor at his University of Auckland office and carted the whole lot home to his Grey Lynn bungalow in Auckland. When you’re leading the team that’s modelling the worst-case scenarios for how Covid-19 coronavirus might spread in ... <a title="NZ lockdown – Day 2: Modelling coronavirus from the kitchen table" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/nz-lockdown-day-2-modelling-coronavirus-from-the-kitchen-table/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – Day 2: Modelling coronavirus from the kitchen table">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
By Ardila Syakriah in Jakarta Experts are warning the public in Indonesia against panic-buying chloroquine phosphate, an antimalarial drug thought to be a possible treatment for Covid-19, citing the dangerous side effects of the medicine. Reports have surfaced that people had started to purchase the drug without doctors’ prescription after President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo announced ... <a title="Three coronavirus cases in Papua as Jokowi pledges millions of drug doses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/three-coronavirus-cases-in-papua-as-jokowi-pledges-millions-of-drug-doses/" aria-label="Read more about Three coronavirus cases in Papua as Jokowi pledges millions of drug doses">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
By Philip Cass Tonga will go into lockdown at 1am on Sunday morning, March 29. There will also be a night time curfew from 8pm to 6am. Prime Minister Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa said the lockdown was being ordered as a response to the World Health Organisation declaration that the Covid-19 coronavirus was a global pandemic and ... <a title="Pacific coronavirus: Lockdown, curfew, begin in Tonga on Sunday" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/pacific-coronavirus-lockdown-curfew-begin-in-tonga-on-sunday/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific coronavirus: Lockdown, curfew, begin in Tonga on Sunday">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand has – almost – made it through the first day of the national month-long lockdown, and according to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, things have gone “as smoothly as could be expected”. Speaking to media today, Ardern highlighted just how much of a feat that was. The lockdown – unprecedented in ... <a title="NZ lockdown – day one: Things going as ‘smoothly as possible’, says PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/26/nz-lockdown-day-one-things-going-as-smoothly-as-possible-says-pm/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – day one: Things going as ‘smoothly as possible’, says PM">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2020
OPINION: By Antonio Sampaio in Dili The Timor-Leste authorities have to improve significantly the conditions in which journalists are working to cover the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. As the only foreign journalist in East Timor, I support the recommendations made today by the two associations of Timorese journalists. In a statement sent to Lusa ndewsagency, the ... <a title="‘We can’t keep working like this’ – a journalist’s plea to Timorese officials" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/26/we-cant-keep-working-like-this-a-journalists-plea-to-timorese-officials/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We can’t keep working like this’ – a journalist’s plea to Timorese officials">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2020
By RNZ News The man due to go on trial for the mosque attacks in Christchurch on 15 March 2019 has today pleaded guilty to all the charges he was facing. At the High Court in Christchurch, Brenton Tarrant admitted 51 counts of murder, 40 of attempted murder and one under the Terrorism Suppression Act. ... <a title="NZ mosque massacre: Gunman pleads guilty to all charges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/26/nz-mosque-massacre-gunman-pleads-guilty-to-all-charges/" aria-label="Read more about NZ mosque massacre: Gunman pleads guilty to all charges">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Rizki Fachriansyah and Ary Hermawan in Jakarta The Covid-19 pandemic situation is already bad in Indonesia, which now has the highest death toll in Southeast Asia just a few weeks after declaring itself “virus-free”. As of yesterday, Indonesia had reported 686 cases with 55 deaths. The crisis is likely going to get worse. ... <a title="Will Indonesia be Southeast Asia’s Italy? How Jakarta is battling Covid-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/26/will-indonesia-be-southeast-asias-italy-how-jakarta-is-battling-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Will Indonesia be Southeast Asia’s Italy? How Jakarta is battling Covid-19">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2020
By Phil Pennington of RNZ News Air New Zealand stands accused of borderline legal treatment of thousands of workers as the country entered its first day in a month-long lockdown over the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. It has told its workers they must take all their leave soon, a move a union says is not in ... <a title="Lockdown: Airline crew ‘very anxious, worried’ as NZ redundancies loom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/26/lockdown-airline-crew-very-anxious-worried-as-nz-redundancies-loom/" aria-label="Read more about Lockdown: Airline crew ‘very anxious, worried’ as NZ redundancies loom">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Anna Powles and Jose Sousa-Santos of Massey University At the time of writing, there are 63 reported cases of COVID-19 in the Pacific. This includes one in Papua New Guinea, three in Fiji, seven in New Caledonia, 23 in French Polynesia, 29 in Guam and suspected cases in Samoa. The number is relatively ... <a title="Pacific coronavirus: Covid-19 exposes cracks in facade of regionalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/25/pacific-coronavirus-covid-19-exposes-cracks-in-facade-of-regionalism/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific coronavirus: Covid-19 exposes cracks in facade of regionalism">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2020
Pacific Media Watch The Fiji government has banned the vice-chancellor of the University of Fiji from the country, reports Fiji TV News. The Immigration Department reportedly cancelled the work permit of Professor Sushila Chang after she allegedly breached the border restriction order on the Lautoka confined area set up in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. ... <a title="Fiji University vice-chancellor banned after breaking Covid-19 cordon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/25/fiji-university-vice-chancellor-banned-after-breaking-covid-19-cordon/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji University vice-chancellor banned after breaking Covid-19 cordon">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi A Wallis and Futuna dance troupe of 24 that arrived in New Zealand for the Pasifika Festival earlier this month are in lockdown but have been told they face eviction on Friday from their hotel in central Auckland. The festival was cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Ena Manuireva, a doctoral student ... <a title="Wallis & Futuna dancers stranded in NZ by Covid-19, face hotel eviction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/25/wallis-futuna-dancers-stranded-in-nz-by-covid-19-face-hotel-eviction/" aria-label="Read more about Wallis & Futuna dancers stranded in NZ by Covid-19, face hotel eviction">Read more</a>
