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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>
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March 8, 2021
Asia Pacific Report New Caledonia, one of the Pacific territories to have avoided the covid-19 pandemic so far, is to go into strict two-week lockdown after detecting nine cases, reports Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes. The outbreak on the French archipelago was detected after a school headteacher fell ill on the Wallis and Futuna islands leading authorities ... <a title="Covid outbreak forces New Caledonia into snap two-week lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/08/covid-outbreak-forces-new-caledonia-into-snap-two-week-lockdown/" aria-label="Read more about Covid outbreak forces New Caledonia into snap two-week lockdown">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2021
Asia Pacific Report Papua New Guinea’s Supreme and National Courts in Port Moresby will be partially closed for a week beginning yesterday after a judge has been tested positive for the covid-19, reports The National. Registrar Ian Augerea said in a statement the closure was to prevent any further infections to both judicial and administrative ... <a title="PNG courts close for a week after judge tests covid positive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/06/png-courts-close-for-a-week-after-judge-tests-covid-positive/" aria-label="Read more about PNG courts close for a week after judge tests covid positive">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2021
By RNZ News Papua New Guinea’s covid-19 cases have jumped to more than 1000, including the National Pandemic Controller and members of his family. Eight new covid-19 cases were reported in the country over the weekend taking the country’s number of infections to 1056. The latest cases were reported in East New Britain, Madang and ... <a title="Spate of PNG covid-19 cases include national pandemic chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/23/spate-of-png-covid-19-cases-include-national-pandemic-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Spate of PNG covid-19 cases include national pandemic chief">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticised the Indonesian government of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo for its weak health response to covid-19 which has brought Indonesia to its knees since March 2020, reports CNN Indonesia. The assessment is based on Indonesia’s poor rates of testing and tracing and minimal transparency. Furthermore, the ... <a title="Jokowi prioritised business interests at expense of jobs and lives, says HRW" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/18/jokowi-prioritised-business-interests-at-expense-of-jobs-and-lives-says-hrw/" aria-label="Read more about Jokowi prioritised business interests at expense of jobs and lives, says HRW">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2021
By The National in Port Moresby An expatriate who tested positive for the covid-19 coronavirus last week has been admitted to a private hospital in the Papua New Guinea capital of Port Moresby, an official has confirmed. Pacific International Hospital (PIH) chief executive officer Colonel Sandeep Shaligram toldThe National the case had been immediately reported ... <a title="Expatriate in PNG tests positive with covid and admitted to private hospital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/18/expatriate-in-png-tests-positive-with-covid-and-admitted-to-private-hospital/" aria-label="Read more about Expatriate in PNG tests positive with covid and admitted to private hospital">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva in Auckland It seems a long time ago – some 124 days – since Mā’ohi Nui deplored its first covid-19 related deaths of an elderly woman on 11 September 2020 followed by her husband just hours later, both over the age of 80. The local territorial government was indeed saddened ... <a title="Controversy over renaming Tahiti’s hospital after Chirac amid covid crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/15/controversy-over-renaming-tahitis-hospital-after-chirac-amid-covid-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Controversy over renaming Tahiti’s hospital after Chirac amid covid crisis">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2021
By RNZ Pacific French Polynesia has recorded another covid-19 death, raising the pandemic’s tally to 122. There are 46 people with covid-19 in hospital, 21 of them in intensive care. The first death occurred four months ago at the start of the second wave, which is now reportedly weakening. So far, more than 17,000 have ... <a title="Tahiti’s covid-19 death tally rises to 122 – 17,000 plus cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/12/tahitis-covid-19-death-tally-rises-to-122-17000-plus-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti’s covid-19 death tally rises to 122 – 17,000 plus cases">Read more</a>
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January 11, 2021
By RNZ News New Zealand faces an increased risk of community transmission from the UK strain of covid-19 that is now arriving in the country, says epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker. There were 31 new imported cases of covid-19 reported today, with the Health Ministry also revealing that 19 people have tested positive for the more ... <a title="Covid-19: UK variant raises risk of NZ community transmission, says expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/11/covid-19-uk-variant-raises-risk-of-nz-community-transmission-says-expert/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19: UK variant raises risk of NZ community transmission, says expert">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2020
By Sela Jane Hopgood, RNZ Pacific journalist Covid-19 vaccinations begin in the Northern Mariana Islands this weekend, but it is not yet clear when other Pacific countries will have access to a vaccine. The Northern Marianas, which is a US territory, was expecting 5,000 doses of the The Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to arrive during the ... <a title="Covid-19 vaccine roll out starts in parts of the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/20/covid-19-vaccine-roll-out-starts-in-parts-of-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19 vaccine roll out starts in parts of the Pacific">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2020
By RNZ News Minister of Covid-19 Response Chris Hipkins says he is hopeful a lockdown can be avoided in New Zealand’s largest city after a community case of covid-19 surfaced in Auckland yesterday. He told RNZ Morning Report preliminary results from genome sequencing suggest the woman’s case was linked to a recent Defence Force cluster. ... <a title="NZ covid minister Hipkins hopeful of no lockdown over community case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/13/nz-covid-minister-hipkins-hopeful-of-no-lockdown-over-community-case/" aria-label="Read more about NZ covid minister Hipkins hopeful of no lockdown over community case">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2020
By RNZ News A New Zealand covid-19 community case identified in Auckland today had called in sick to work after being tested but went to work wearing a mask after talking to their boss, officials say. All people who work in downtown Auckland are being asked to work from home where possible tomorrow because of ... <a title="Covid-19: NZ tells Auckland workers in downtown to work from home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/12/covid-19-nz-warns-auckland-workers-in-downtown-to-work-from-home/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19: NZ tells Auckland workers in downtown to work from home">Read more</a>
