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March 22, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Timorese authorities have announced that they have detected a record surge in new covid-19 cases – 55 in one day. According to Lusa news agency yesterday, 43 new cases of covid-19 were reported in the previous 24 hours in the capital Dili, 11 in Baucau and one in Viqueque, bringing the ... <a title="Timor-Leste reports big surge in covid – 55 new cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/22/timor-leste-reports-big-surge-in-covid-55-new-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste reports big surge in covid – 55 new cases">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The trial of a former US priest accused of child abuse in Timor-Leste due to resume tomorrow at the Oecusse Court has been postponed until May 24, according to judicial sources. The president of the Court of Appeal, Deolindo dos Santos, confirmed the postponement to Lusa news agency, explaining that he ... <a title="Trial of ex-priest accused of child abuse in Timor postponed to May" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/22/trial-of-ex-priest-accused-of-child-abuse-in-timor-postponed-to-may/" aria-label="Read more about Trial of ex-priest accused of child abuse in Timor postponed to May">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2021
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist The race is on to reach Pasifika communities in New Zealand to counter the spread of misinformation about the covid-19 vaccine. Pacific and Māori communities have the highest risk of dying from covid-19 and that has caused leaders and doctors within this group to work hard to dispel fears ... <a title="Battle to spread truth about covid-19 vaccine in Pacific communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/22/battle-to-spread-truth-about-covid-19-vaccine-in-pacific-communities/" aria-label="Read more about Battle to spread truth about covid-19 vaccine in Pacific communities">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
New Zealand has long had a privileged relationship with its Pacific neighbours. Now, in the dawning era of the climate crisis affecting millions of lives across the Pacific, the country has its helping hand outstretched. But with the controversial record of climate adaptation and mitigation strategies, does this hand have an ulterior motive? Matthew Scott ... <a title="Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/strings-attached-the-reality-behind-nzs-climate-aid-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Australia and New Zealand – plus other key donors – need to urgently step up and provide assistance to Papuan New Guinea as a covid surge continues to grow, says the human rights watchdog Amnesty International. Both Australia and New Zealand “continue to fail to support calls by around 100 countries”, ... <a title="Amnesty blasts ‘woeful’ Australia, NZ aid for PNG covid surge, seeks action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/amnesty-blasts-woeful-australia-nz-aid-for-png-covid-surge-seeks-action/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty blasts ‘woeful’ Australia, NZ aid for PNG covid surge, seeks action">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
RNZ Pacific A Tahitian academic living in Auckland whose family and home island of Mangareva were impacted on by three decades of French nuclear weapons tests says Paris must pay for the full extent of health and other damage caused. Ena Manuireva is a doctoral candidate at Auckland University of Technology. He responds to RNZ’s ... <a title="Tahitian academic says Paris must pay for impacts of French nuclear tests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/tahitian-academic-says-paris-must-pay-for-impacts-of-french-nuclear-tests/" aria-label="Read more about Tahitian academic says Paris must pay for impacts of French nuclear tests">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
By Brendan Crabb, Burnet Institute and Leanne Robinson, Burnet Institute The covid epidemic in Papua New Guinea has significantly accelerated, judging by the available reports of case numbers. Since its first case was diagnosed 12 months ago, PNG has avoided a large number of reported cases and corresponding deaths. That situation has changed dramatically over ... <a title="A catastrophe looms with PNG’s covid crisis. Australia needs to respond urgently" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/a-catastrophe-looms-with-pngs-covid-crisis-australia-needs-to-respond-urgently/" aria-label="Read more about A catastrophe looms with PNG’s covid crisis. Australia needs to respond urgently">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2021
By Katie Doyle of RNZ News A new anti-vaccine publication with links to the Advance New Zealand fringe political party should be ripped up and thrown in the bin, a health expert says. From Te Puke, Dr Christine Williams discovered the magazine in her work staff room. It had been brought in by a concerned ... <a title="NZ covid: Calls to dump ‘dangerous’ fringe anti-vaccine magazine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/13/nz-covid-calls-to-dump-dangerous-fringe-anti-vaccine-magazine/" aria-label="Read more about NZ covid: Calls to dump ‘dangerous’ fringe anti-vaccine magazine">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2021
By RNZ Pacific Fijians have been urged to register as the government’s covid-19 vaccination campaign got underway this week. The vaccine rollout started on Wednesday following the arrival of 12,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine last weekend. Since the vaccine requires two doses, 6000 front-line workers will get the first jabs. But the government said ... <a title="Government pleads with Fijians to register to vaccinate against covid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/13/government-pleads-with-fijians-to-register-to-vaccinate-against-covid/" aria-label="Read more about Government pleads with Fijians to register to vaccinate against covid">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Michael Toole, Burnet Institute One year ago today, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared covid-19 a pandemic, the first caused by a coronavirus. As we enter year two of the pandemic, let’s remind ourselves of some sobering statistics. So far, there have been more than 117.4 million confirmed cases of covid-19 around the ... <a title="After a year of pain, here’s how the covid-19 pandemic could play out in 2021 and beyond" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/11/after-a-year-of-pain-heres-how-the-covid-19-pandemic-could-play-out-in-2021-and-beyond/" aria-label="Read more about After a year of pain, here’s how the covid-19 pandemic could play out in 2021 and beyond">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2021
Asia Pacific Report news desk East Sepik, preparing for the state funeral of Papua New Guinea’s Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, could expect a surge in covid-19 cases as thousands flock into the province in coming days, an official says. East Sepik Health Authority chief executive officer Mark Mauludu said this was most likely to ... <a title="PNG health official fears covid spike for Somare state funeral" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/11/png-health-official-fears-covid-spike-for-somare-state-funeral/" aria-label="Read more about PNG health official fears covid spike for Somare state funeral">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2021
By Lulu Mark and Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby A medical academic has warned the Papua New Guinea government to immediately bring in more than 680,000 doses of covid-19 vaccines because urban health services will collapse if the spike in cases continues. Professor Glen Mola, who correctly predicted last July that the country should brace ... <a title="PNG warned 680,000 covid vaccine doses needed to ‘save health system’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/10/png-warned-680000-covid-vaccine-doses-needed-to-save-health-system/" aria-label="Read more about PNG warned 680,000 covid vaccine doses needed to ‘save health system’">Read more</a>
