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July 4, 2021
By Litia Cava in Suva The Fiji Civil Society Organisation Alliance for COVID-19 Humanitarian Response has repeated a call for the resignation of the country’s Economy Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. The alliance claims that he is taking the country into chaos and says it is deeply concerned about lives being unnecessarily lost as a result of ... <a title="Sayed-Khaiyum leading Fiji into chaos, says women’s crisis centre leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/04/sayed-khaiyum-leading-fiji-into-chaos-says-womens-crisis-centre-leader/" aria-label="Read more about Sayed-Khaiyum leading Fiji into chaos, says women’s crisis centre leader">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2021
RNZ Pacific Fiji has recorded another 404 new cases of covid-19 and five deaths in the 24 hours to 8am on Friday. Most of the new cases are from the western and central division where the capital Suva is located, according to the Health Ministry. Health Secretary Dr James Fong said two of the latest ... <a title="Fiji suffers 5 more deaths, 404 new cases in covid crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/03/fiji-suffers-5-more-deaths-404-new-cases-in-covid-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji suffers 5 more deaths, 404 new cases in covid crisis">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2021
The World Health Organisation says the delta variant of covid-19 has been identified in 85 countries and is spreading rapidly in unvaccinated populations around the world. Indonesia registered a record 21,807 cases on Wednesday. Video: Al Jazeera Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesia’s most populated and popular islands are bracing for emergency lockdown measures from this ... <a title="Java, Bali brace for covid emergency lockdown as Indonesia’s cases surge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/03/java-bali-brace-for-covid-emergency-lockdown-as-indonesias-cases-surge/" aria-label="Read more about Java, Bali brace for covid emergency lockdown as Indonesia’s cases surge">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2021
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby As the delta variant of covid-19 spreads to more than 96 countries, Papua New Guinea has put in tighter measures that include all incoming passengers and crew to be vaccinated before boarding any international flight entering the country. Police Commissioner David Manning, who is also Controller of the PNG ... <a title="PNG in bid to stem rising covid-19 cases by tightening air travel rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/png-in-bid-to-stem-rising-covid-19-cases-by-tightening-air-travel-rules/" aria-label="Read more about PNG in bid to stem rising covid-19 cases by tightening air travel rules">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Opposition National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad has accused the Fiji government of “losing the plot” and “meekly surrendering’ its citizens to suffer from the impact of the deadly covid-19 pandemic. His stinging criticism came after health authorities reported this afternoon a record 431 confirmed cases of covid-19 and two ... <a title="Fiji government accused of ‘losing plot’ as covid cases soar past 400 – 2 deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/fiji-government-accused-of-losing-plot-as-covid-cases-soar-past-400-2-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji government accused of ‘losing plot’ as covid cases soar past 400 – 2 deaths">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2021
RNZ Pacific Health authorities in Fiji have confirmed 274 infections of covid-19 in the 24-hour period ending at 8am today as they have warned people to take the pandemic more seriously. Health Secretary Dr James Fong told a media conference last night he was back in quarantine after coming into contact with a positive patient. ... <a title="Pleas for Fijians to take covid-19 more seriously with 274 more cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/pleas-for-fijians-to-take-covid-19-more-seriously-with-274-more-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Pleas for Fijians to take covid-19 more seriously with 274 more cases">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2021
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter While a Paris roundtable about the legacy of nuclear tests at Moruroa and Fangataufa atolls is eagerly awaited by the French Polynesian government, the nuclear veterans organisations wonder whether the victims are really represented at the talks. Like every year, they will instead mark tomorrow — July 2 — ... <a title="Macron hosts French ‘truth and justice’ Pacific nuclear test legacy talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/macron-hosts-french-truth-and-justice-pacific-nuclear-test-legacy-talks/" aria-label="Read more about Macron hosts French ‘truth and justice’ Pacific nuclear test legacy talks">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Arindam Basu, University of Canterbury New Zealand has avoided community transmission, even though an Australian visitor tested positive for the delta variant which dominates Australia’s latest covid-19 outbreaks. New Zealand health authorities were quick to react, isolating and testing contacts and suspending travel. Of the traveller’s 2,609 contacts, 93 percent have now returned ... <a title="NZ has managed to dodge the covid-19 bullet, again. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/nz-has-managed-to-dodge-the-covid-19-bullet-again-heres-why/" aria-label="Read more about NZ has managed to dodge the covid-19 bullet, again. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2021
RNZ Pacific Four more people have died as Fiji recorded 312 new covid-19 cases in the 24 hours ending at 8am yesterday. The Health Ministry said 295 cases were from the Lami-Suva-Nausori containment zone, while 17 were from the western division. There are now 3306 active cases in isolation with 21 deaths reported since March ... <a title="Four new deaths as Fiji records hundreds more covid cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/30/four-new-deaths-as-fiji-records-hundreds-more-covid-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Four new deaths as Fiji records hundreds more covid cases">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2021
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist Papua New Guinea and Fiji are among several countries in the region going backwards in their fight against the covid-19 pandemic and this is concerning, a New Zealand epidemiologist has warned. PNG has recorded more than 170 deaths and more than 17,000 cases of the virus. In Fiji, 17 ... <a title="PNG, Fiji situation ‘going backwards’ over covid, warns NZ health expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/29/png-fiji-situation-going-backwards-over-covid-warns-nz-health-expert/" aria-label="Read more about PNG, Fiji situation ‘going backwards’ over covid, warns NZ health expert">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2021
By Timoci Vula in Suva Fiji has reported 241 new cases of covid-19 infections and one death in the 24-hour period ending at 8am yesterday. Health Secretary Dr James Fong said 5 cases were prison officers from Suva who were undergoing 14 days quarantine at the FSC Compound in Rakiraki as part of essential movement ... <a title="Fiji reports 241 new covid cases and one death – pastors warned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/29/fiji-reports-241-new-covid-cases-and-one-death-pastors-warned/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji reports 241 new covid cases and one death – pastors warned">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2021
Otago University News Retired foundation director of Otago’s National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies Professor Kevin Clements has been awarded the International Studies Association’s (ISA) 2022 Distinguished Scholar Award in its peace studies section. The ISA said the award was given each year to a scholar who had a substantial record of research, practice ... <a title="Otago conflict studies centre founder awarded global peace prize" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/29/otago-conflict-studies-centre-founder-awarded-global-peace-prize/" aria-label="Read more about Otago conflict studies centre founder awarded global peace prize">Read more</a>
