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March 20, 2020
By Kalino Lātū,, editor of Kaniva Tonga Prime Minister Pōhiva Tu’i’onetoa announced today the Pacific kingdom of Tonga is now in a state of emergency, effective at 8.30pm tonight until 17 April 2020. He said the declaration was subject to further review. Tu’i’onetoa said Tonga had closed its borders to everyone but citizens and residents ... <a title="Tonga declares state of emergency, shuts borders over coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/20/tonga-declares-state-of-emergency-shuts-borders-over-coronavirus/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga declares state of emergency, shuts borders over coronavirus">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi The total number of Covid-19 coronavirus cases in the Pacific region was today recorded at 26. In Guam, tally has risen by 4 to 12 cases while dozens more remain in isolation. In a statement, the Health Department said only one of the four new cases had a travel history, raising fears ... <a title="Pacific coronavirus: Cases jump to 26 across the region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/20/pacific-coronavirus-cases-jump-to-26-across-the-region/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific coronavirus: Cases jump to 26 across the region">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2020
By EMTV News A day of intense drama officially ended in Papua New Guinea just before 9pm yesterday when Prime Minister James Marape casually announced on his Facebook page that the test results of an expatriate mine worker suspected of Covid-19 had come back negative. But it was the casual manner with, what appeared to ... <a title="Drama and panic as PNG government blunders through first Covid-19 crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/19/drama-and-panic-as-png-government-blunders-through-first-covid-19-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Drama and panic as PNG government blunders through first Covid-19 crisis">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama today confirmed that Fiji is putting into place a number of tighter measures following the first case of Covid-19 coronavirus in the country. Bainimarama said the patient from the western city of Lautoka was in stable condition and was being monitored by health officials, FBC News manager ... <a title="Bainimarama announces tougher bans in Fiji after first Covid-19 case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/19/bainimarama-announces-tougher-bans-in-fiji-after-first-covid-19-case/" aria-label="Read more about Bainimarama announces tougher bans in Fiji after first Covid-19 case">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2020
Pacific Media Watch With the Covid-19 coronavirus confirmed cases in French Polynesia, Guam, now New Caledonia other Pacific Island nations are bracing for it. Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama is expected to make an announcement shortly on a development. FBC News reports that “it is believed that Fiji has recorded its first suspected case of ... <a title="More Pacific countries bracing for coronavirus cases as Fiji on alert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/19/more-pacific-countries-bracing-for-coronavirus-cases-as-fiji-on-alert/" aria-label="Read more about More Pacific countries bracing for coronavirus cases as Fiji on alert">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2020
By RNZ Pacific New Caledonia’s government has confirmed the territory’s first two cases of Covid-19. The government said last night two people who arrived from Australia on their honeymoon have tested positive for the coronavirus. They arrived at Tontouta Airport on board an Aircalin flight from Sydney on Tuesday. READ MORE: RNZ Pacific coronavirus updates ... <a title="Pacific coronavirus: First cases in New Caledonia – Guam now has 8" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/19/pacific-coronavirus-first-cases-in-new-caledonia-guam-now-has-8/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific coronavirus: First cases in New Caledonia – Guam now has 8">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Papua New Guinea has a probable imported case of Covid-19 coronavirus, Health Minister Jelta Wong has announced today, The case is a 45-year-old male who arrived in Port Moresby last Friday, the PNG Post-Courier reports. “Through our checks at the airport, the case did not show any symptoms of cough, flu or ... <a title="PNG has probable coronavirus case, declares health minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/19/png-has-probable-coronavirus-case-declares-health-minister/" aria-label="Read more about PNG has probable coronavirus case, declares health minister">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Pacific countries have further tightened border measures to try to keep the coronavirus from gaining a foothold in the islands. Six cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the Pacific so far – the first three in French Polynesia and, last night, three were confirmed in Guam. Health officials have made no ... <a title="Pacific borders tightened further in bid to keep out coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/pacific-borders-tightened-further-in-bid-to-keep-out-coronavirus/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific borders tightened further in bid to keep out coronavirus">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2020
French Polynesia has recorded the first coronavirus case in the Pacific Islands. President Edouard Fritch said the carrier was one of French Polynesia’s members of the French National Assembly, Maina Sage, who returned from Paris at the weekend. She was at home in self-isolation, Fritch said. Reports say Sage had met the French Culture Minister ... <a title="French Polynesia records Pacific’s first coronavirus case with Paris lawmaker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/14/french-polynesia-records-pacifics-first-coronavirus-case-with-paris-lawmaker/" aria-label="Read more about French Polynesia records Pacific’s first coronavirus case with Paris lawmaker">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi Former Director of Public Health Dr Colin Tukuitonga says it is incumbent on New Zealand to screen passengers travelling to and from the Pacific Islands thoroughly for the Covid-19 coronavirus. Coronavirus continues to proliferate rapidly outside China where it originated, topping 90,000 cases and 3000 deaths worldwide. There was risk of “devastating” ... <a title="NZ must ‘properly screen’ passengers in Pacific, says former health chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/03/nz-must-properly-screen-passengers-in-pacific-says-former-health-chief/" aria-label="Read more about NZ must ‘properly screen’ passengers in Pacific, says former health chief">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2019
A tragedy in Papua New Guinea’s Western Province. Image: Sally Lloyd/My Land, My Country By Sally Lloyd as told to Scott Waide in Lae A few days ago, I asked Sally Lloyd about the picture she posted on Facebook of a distraught mother weeping over the body of her baby who had died. This is ... <a title="A weeping mum from PNG and her long walk for a dying child" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/07/a-weeping-mum-from-png-and-her-long-walk-for-a-dying-child/" aria-label="Read more about A weeping mum from PNG and her long walk for a dying child">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2018
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