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March 29, 2020
Papua New Guinea will have only one press release in the afternoons at 4:00pm daily to give updates on the Covid–19 in the country in a reshuffle of information briefings. Health Minister Jelta Wong announced this when visited the office of the PNG Nurses Association accompanied by his department’s acting Secretary Dr Paison Dakulala. Nurses ... <a title="PNG’s Health Minister Jelta Wong ‘sidelines’ Kramer in virus briefings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/29/pngs-health-minister-jelta-wong-sidelines-kramer-in-virus-briefings/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Health Minister Jelta Wong ‘sidelines’ Kramer in virus briefings">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2020
Pacific Media Watch The President of Timor-Leste, Francisco Guterres Lú-Olo, has declared a state of emergency to enable the government to address the global Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. The state of emergency started last night at midnight and it will run until the night of April 26. Timor-Leste’s National Parliament unanimously approved the state of emergency ... <a title="President Lú-Olo declares Timor-Leste state of emergency over coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/29/president-lu-olo-declares-timor-leste-state-of-emergency-over-coronavirus/" aria-label="Read more about President Lú-Olo declares Timor-Leste state of emergency over coronavirus">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2020
By RNZ Pacific The number of people testing positive for Covid-19 in French Polynesia has risen by four to 34. The update from the government said the hospitalisation rate is unchanged with one person in care. Last night a curfew was declared for the first time, forcing residents across all islands to stay indoor from ... <a title="Pacific coronavirus: French Polynesia Covid-19 tally rises to 34" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/29/pacific-coronavirus-french-polynesia-covid-19-tally-rises-to-34/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific coronavirus: French Polynesia Covid-19 tally rises to 34">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spoke to her followers on Facebook today from her office in Premier House. Her chat lasted about 15 minutes and garnered more than 310,000 views. She discussed wage subsidies for full-time and part-time workers, personal protection equipment (PPE) supplies for frontline workers among a host of ... <a title="NZ lockdown – Day 3: PM Ardern chats with followers on Facebook" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/28/nz-lockdown-day-3-pm-ardern-chats-with-followers-on-facebook/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – Day 3: PM Ardern chats with followers on Facebook">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2020
COMMENTARY: By Bob Howarth (self-isolating in Australia after his latest trip to Timor-Leste) After days of web surfing for Covid-19 coronavirus news around the Asia-Pacific, two areas that appear to need improving in some countries are official communication and fact checking. So here’s my two cents, rupiah, kina or tala worth. Fact checking:Journalists everywhere need ... <a title="Effective coronavirus messages and fake news: Can we do better?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/28/effective-coronavirus-messages-and-fake-news-can-we-do-better/" aria-label="Read more about Effective coronavirus messages and fake news: Can we do better?">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Guam remains the Pacific pandemic hot spot with the number of Covid-19 coronavirus cases climbing above 50. On Friday six people tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total to 51. Thirteen of the cases are currently in hospital. READ MORE: Al Jazeera live updates – US confirmed coronavirus cases top 100,000 ... <a title="Pacific coronavirus: Guam still region’s hot spot with 51 plus cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/28/pacific-coronavirus-guam-still-regions-hot-spot-with-51-plus-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific coronavirus: Guam still region’s hot spot with 51 plus cases">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2020
By Michelle Steven in Port MoresbyPacific New Guinea’s National Capital City Covid-19 Task Force team is preparing ahead should there be a possible coronavirus case during the 14-day lockdown. NCD Governor Powes Parkop told a media conference that the capital city would be in total lockdown with no public transport moving. The National Capital City ... <a title="‘We’re ready,’ says NCD chief Parkop with Port Moresby locked down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/28/were-ready-says-ncd-chief-parkop-with-port-moresby-locked-down/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’re ready,’ says NCD chief Parkop with Port Moresby locked down">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist A 43-year-old woman has reportedly died due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in Indonesian-administered West Papua province. It is the first recorded death from Covid-19 in the Papua region, and adds to fears that a looming surge in cases could overwhelm the health system on both sides of New ... <a title="Pacific Coronavirus: Covid-19 death reported in West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/pacific-coronavirus-covid-19-death-reported-in-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Coronavirus: Covid-19 death reported in West Papua">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>
