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March 22, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi Guam’s government has confirmed a 68-year-old woman died of Covid-19 early today – the first coronavirus-related death in the Pacific. Dr Mike Cruz, the government official leading the coronavirus response, said the woman was a relative of a person who recently returned to the territory with Covid-19. He said the woman had ... <a title="Guam confirms Pacific’s first Covid-19 death, NZ infections top 66" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/22/guam-confirms-pacifics-first-covid-19-death-nz-infections-top-66/" aria-label="Read more about Guam confirms Pacific’s first Covid-19 death, NZ infections top 66">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The government says its second stimulus package – the second in ten days – is temporary and targeted, but that’s not really true. What it is is big, automatic, and infinitely increasable. The first package, ... <a title="Scalable without limit: how the government plans to get coronavirus support into our hands quickly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/22/scalable-without-limit-how-the-government-plans-to-get-coronavirus-support-into-our-hands-quickly-134353/" aria-label="Read more about Scalable without limit: how the government plans to get coronavirus support into our hands quickly">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nik Dawson, PhD candidate, University of Technology Sydney The economic impacts of the COVID-19 coronavirus will be enormous. Only blind optimism can deny the dark realities of the moment. Policy responses are escalating by the hour. Markets have plummeted to GFC levels. Food staples are being regulated ... <a title="Coronavirus infecting Australian jobs: vacancy rates down since early February" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/22/coronavirus-infecting-australian-jobs-vacancy-rates-down-since-early-february-134234/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus infecting Australian jobs: vacancy rates down since early February">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2020
By Anumita Kaur in Hagåtña Guam medical authorities have announced the first Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic-related death during a press conference today. The person died at 1.30 am at Guam Memorial Hospital, said Dr Mike Cruz. The 68-year-old woman arrived at the hospital with fever, chills and shortness of breath. READ MORE: RNZ coronavirus updates She ... <a title="First coronavirus death on Guam as Pacific Daily News calls for more info" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/22/first-coronavirus-death-on-guam-as-pacific-daily-news-calls-for-more-info/" aria-label="Read more about First coronavirus death on Guam as Pacific Daily News calls for more info">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Most Australians – Indigenous people under the protection acts were an exception – have long taken for granted their right to cross state borders. They have treated them much as they do ... <a title="How Australia’s response to the Spanish flu of 1919 sounds warnings on dealing with coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/22/how-australias-response-to-the-spanish-flu-of-1919-sounds-warnings-on-dealing-with-coronavirus-134017/" aria-label="Read more about How Australia’s response to the Spanish flu of 1919 sounds warnings on dealing with coronavirus">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney Movement of people and goods across state borders in Australia is guaranteed by the Constitution. Section 92 of the Constitution says trade, commerce, and intercourse among the States, whether by means of internal carriage or ocean navigation, shall ... <a title="States are shutting their borders to stop coronavirus. Is that actually allowed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/22/states-are-shutting-their-borders-to-stop-coronavirus-is-that-actually-allowed-134354/" aria-label="Read more about States are shutting their borders to stop coronavirus. Is that actually allowed?">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra NSW and Victoria are shutting down non-essential services and activities over the next 48 hours, and the federal government has announced it will widen eligibility and increase income support as the coronavirus crisis escalates. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the NSW ... <a title="NSW and Victoria announce ‘shutdowns’, as federal government widens and ramps up income support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/22/nsw-and-victoria-announce-shutdowns-as-federal-government-widens-and-ramps-up-income-support-134355/" aria-label="Read more about NSW and Victoria announce ‘shutdowns’, as federal government widens and ramps up income support">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Small and medium-sized businesses will get up to $100,000 in cash payments in the government’s second stage of emergency assistance, worth a huge $66 billion, to cushion businesses and individuals as the coronavirus cuts a swathe through Australia’s economy. The ... <a title="Government’s new $66 billion package will take coronavirus economic life support to $189 billion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/22/governments-new-66-billion-package-will-take-coronavirus-economic-life-support-to-189-billion-134331/" aria-label="Read more about Government’s new $66 billion package will take coronavirus economic life support to $189 billion">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2020
By Jane Patterson, political editor of RNZ News New Zealanders now have an alert system for Covid-19, giving people more certainty and clarity as the country moves into uncharted territory. New Zealand is at Level Two on the scale of One to Four, meaning Covid-19 is still contained but the risk of community transmission is ... <a title="New Zealand moves into uncharted territory with Covid-19 coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/21/new-zealand-moves-into-uncharted-territory-with-covid-19-coronavirus/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand moves into uncharted territory with Covid-19 coronavirus">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Jeremy Mogi in Port Moresby And so it’s out. Papua New Guinea’s first infection case. 2019 Novel Coronavirus. Covid-19. In what is arguably the most anticipated media conference since the announcement of his new cabinet in early 2019, Prime Minister James Marape appeared to dodge the question burning on a restless nation’s lips ... <a title="Confusion behind PNG’s first Covid-19 case – flawed state communications" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/21/confusion-behind-pngs-first-covid-19-case-flawed-state-communications/" aria-label="Read more about Confusion behind PNG’s first Covid-19 case – flawed state communications">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2020
By Theckla Gunga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea has reported its first confirmed Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic case. The announcement, made last night live on television by Prime Minister James Marape, came 72 hours after samples were sent to the Institute of Medical Research (IMR) for testing. The Prime Minister, who took a while to ... <a title="Marape confirms PNG’s first Covid-19 coronavirus case on live TV" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/21/marape-confirms-pngs-first-covid-19-coronavirus-case-on-live-tv/" aria-label="Read more about Marape confirms PNG’s first Covid-19 coronavirus case on live TV">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand faced another day today consumed by Covid-19 coronavirus developments. The nation woke with the news that the country’s borders had been closed to anyone who was not a citizen or a permanent resident still fresh. Health Minister David Clark said the restrictions at the border would remain in place for ... <a title="NZ’s coronavirus cases climb to 39 but ‘no evidence’ of community spread" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/20/nzs-coronavirus-cases-climb-to-39-but-no-evidence-of-community-spread/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s coronavirus cases climb to 39 but ‘no evidence’ of community spread">Read more</a>
