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August 14, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva Two days after President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Mā’ohi Nui last month, where the French leader urged the local population to get vaccinated against the danger of the new delta variant of the covid pandemic already on the islands, High Commissioner Domique Sorain and territorial President Édouard Fritch announced a ... <a title="Tahiti’s ‘wedding of the year’ turns into political row over covid hypocrisy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/14/tahitis-wedding-of-the-year-turns-into-political-row-over-covid-hypocrisy/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti’s ‘wedding of the year’ turns into political row over covid hypocrisy">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
RNZ Pacific Fifty percent of Fijians who died from covid-19 were at home at the time of their deaths. The Fiji government said it had noted that many people dying of covid-19 had not given healthcare workers a chance to treat them. The Health Ministry reported 398 new cases of covid-19 and five deaths for ... <a title="Half of Fiji’s 345 covid deaths at home, report health officials" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/half-of-fijis-345-covid-deaths-at-home-report-health-officials/" aria-label="Read more about Half of Fiji’s 345 covid deaths at home, report health officials">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
RNZ Pacific The world is on the brink of a climate catastrophe, with just a narrow window for action to reverse global processes predicted to cause devastating effects in the Pacific and world-wide, says the leader of the 18-nation Pacific Islands Forum. Forum Secretary-General Henry Puna said a major UN scientific report released on Monday ... <a title="Narrow window to halt climate change catastrophe, says Pacific Forum chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/narrow-window-to-halt-climate-change-catastrophe-says-pacific-forum-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Narrow window to halt climate change catastrophe, says Pacific Forum chief">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Michael Grose, CSIRO; Joelle Gergis, Australian National University; Pep Canadell, CSIRO, and Roshanka Ranasinghe Australia is experiencing widespread, rapid climate change not seen for thousands of years and may warm by 4℃ or more this century, according to the highly anticipated report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The assessment, released ... <a title="Climate change has already hit. Unless we act now, a hotter, drier and more dangerous future awaits, IPCC warns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/10/climate-change-has-already-hit-unless-we-act-now-a-hotter-drier-and-more-dangerous-future-awaits-ipcc-warns/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change has already hit. Unless we act now, a hotter, drier and more dangerous future awaits, IPCC warns">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand has two new cases of covid-19 in managed isolation and quarantine and two historical cases today, says the Ministry of Health says — but no new cases in the community. In a statement, the ministry said 10 previously reported cases had now recovered. This morning, 11 of the 21 crew on ... <a title="No new NZ covid community cases as Tauranga port workers get tested" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/09/no-new-nz-covid-community-cases-as-tauranga-port-workers-get-tested/" aria-label="Read more about No new NZ covid community cases as Tauranga port workers get tested">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2021
RNZ Pacific Fiji has admitted 240 covid-19 patients to hospital and almost a dozen of them are in critical condition, say health authorities. This comes amid 657 new cases of the coronavirus for the 24 hours to 8am yesterday. The government also confirmed three deaths, taking the toll to 299. That compares with 682 cases ... <a title="More than 200 severe covid-19 cases in Fiji hospitals – 12 critical" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/09/more-than-200-severe-covid-19-cases-in-fiji-hospitals-12-critical/" aria-label="Read more about More than 200 severe covid-19 cases in Fiji hospitals – 12 critical">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2021
By Jordan Bond , RNZ News reporter A New Zealand public health expert says the highly transmissible delta variant of covid-19 could prompt a local lockdown with even one community case in the country. Otago University professor Nick Wilson said of the the 25 covid-19 cases currently in managed isolation and quarantine, “most” are likely ... <a title="Just one delta covid-19 case could prompt NZ lockdown, says expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/09/just-one-delta-covid-19-case-could-prompt-nz-lockdown-says-expert/" aria-label="Read more about Just one delta covid-19 case could prompt NZ lockdown, says expert">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2021
Journalists already under threat of military arrest, jail and torture in Myanmar are now fronting a covid-19 national crisis as the virus rips through a country stripped bare, writes Phil Thornton. SPECIAL REPORT: By Phil Thornton of the International Federation of Journalists It is six months since Myanmar’s military began dismantling the institutional framework supporting ... <a title="Myanmar: A nation in crisis as the covid pandemic takes hold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/09/myanmar-a-nation-in-crisis-as-the-covid-pandemic-takes-hold/" aria-label="Read more about Myanmar: A nation in crisis as the covid pandemic takes hold">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby A female nurse in Madang is the first local Papua New Guinean to be tested positive for the highly infectious coronavirus covid-19 delta strain, with health officials scrambling to find out where she got it from. She becomes the eighth confirmed case in Papua New Guinea. The other seven ... <a title="Madang nurse tests positive as PNG covid delta fears rise after eight cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/madang-nurse-tests-positive-as-png-covid-delta-fears-rise-after-eight-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Madang nurse tests positive as PNG covid delta fears rise after eight cases">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
RNZ Pacific Fiji has reported 968 new cases of covid-19 and 11 more deaths, including a teenager, for the 24 hours to 8am yesterday. That compares with 1187 infections and 11 deaths in the previous 24-hour period. The government also confirmed last night that all but one of the victims were not vaccinated. Of the ... <a title="Girl, 15, among 11 dead as 968 new covid cases confirmed in Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/girl-15-among-11-dead-as-968-new-covid-cases-confirmed-in-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Girl, 15, among 11 dead as 968 new covid cases confirmed in Fiji">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2021
RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea and neighbouring Indonesia have been discussing a potential reopening of their shared border. The border was officially closed early last year due to the covid-19 pandemic, but the illegal movement of people back and forth has continued across the porous international boundary. PNG Prime Minister James Marape met with Indonesia’s ... <a title="Indonesia, PNG hold talks over possible reopening of border" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/indonesia-png-hold-talks-over-possible-reopening-of-border/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia, PNG hold talks over possible reopening of border">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
By Hengky Yeimo in Jayapura Local governments in Papua — such as the Yapen Islands and Puncak administrations — say they are continuing to promote the benefits of covid-19 vaccines to indigenous Papuans as hoaxes and distrust from local people towards the Indonesian government has increased low vaccination rates. Head of Yapen Islands Health Agency, ... <a title="Papuan local governments push covid vaccine in spite of hoaxes, distrust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/papuan-local-governments-push-covid-vaccine-in-spite-of-hoaxes-distrust/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan local governments push covid vaccine in spite of hoaxes, distrust">Read more</a>
