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November 12, 2020
By RNZ Pacific The capital island of Vanuatu – Efate – is closed off today after the country’s first case of covid-19 was announced yesterday. Stricter quarantine rules are also in place. A ni-Vanuatu man who arrived in Port Vila from the US, via Australia and New Zealand, was confirmed with the coronavirus on Tuesday ... <a title="Vanuatu doubles quarantine period, halts domestic travel to Efate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/12/vanuatu-doubles-quarantine-period-halts-domestic-travel-to-efate/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu doubles quarantine period, halts domestic travel to Efate">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Guam has suffered its 90th covid-related death with the US Pacific territory now recording 5233 cases. The Pacific Daily News today reported 249 new cases on infection yesterday. Guam’s Joint Information Centre reported that 75 people were hospitalised with covid-19, including 18 in intensive care and 13 on ventilators. The latest figures ... <a title="Another Pacific death as covid cases in Guam and CNMI keep rising" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/another-pacific-death-as-covid-cases-in-guam-and-cnmi-keep-rising/" aria-label="Read more about Another Pacific death as covid cases in Guam and CNMI keep rising">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2020
Sealord responds to international fishers covid-19 outbreak at Christchurch MIQ. Video: RNZBy RNZ News Some 11 cases of covid-19 have been confirmed at a New Zealand managed isolation facility (MIQ) in Christchurch, with another 14 possible cases being investigated. The Ministry of Health said last night it was investigating after the cases were detected during ... <a title="Covid-19 outbreak among Russian fishers at NZ isolation facility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/21/covid-19-outbreak-among-russian-fishers-at-nz-isolation-facility/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19 outbreak among Russian fishers at NZ isolation facility">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Asmat regency in Papua has decided to limit access to and from the area for 28 days, starting last Sunday, after eight people in the regency’s capital Agats tested positive for covid-19 on Saturday, reports The Jakarta Post. Acting Asmat regent Triwarno Purnomo said the administration would only allow ships carrying ... <a title="Papua’s Asmat shut off following eight confirmed covid-19 cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/papuas-asmat-shut-off-following-eight-confirmed-covid-19-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Papua’s Asmat shut off following eight confirmed covid-19 cases">Read more</a>
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October 19, 2020
By RNZ News The Director-General of Health says a ship now bound for Brisbane is believed to be the most likely source of transmission in the latest covid-19 case in New Zealand. A marine electronics engineer tested positive for covid-19, the Ministry of Health confirmed yesterday. The man had been working on several ships in ... <a title="Ship bound for Brisbane ‘most likely source’ of new NZ covid transmission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/19/ship-bound-for-brisbane-most-likely-source-of-new-nz-covid-transmission/" aria-label="Read more about Ship bound for Brisbane ‘most likely source’ of new NZ covid transmission">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2020
By RNZ Pacific French Polynesia’s former president Gaston Flosse has tested positive for covid-19, prompting a deferral of today’s appeal court hearing. Flosse and the current President Edouard Fritch, who is also covid-19 positive, appealed against last year’s joint conviction for abusing public funds. Fritch had been fined US$50,000 while Flosse had been given a ... <a title="French Polynesia’s ex-president Flosse tests positive for covid-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/17/french-polynesias-ex-president-flosse-tests-positive-for-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about French Polynesia’s ex-president Flosse tests positive for covid-19">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2020
By RNZ News National Party leader Judith Collins has described obesity as a weakness and says people should not “blame systems for personal choices”. She was asked about her view on obesity during a radio interview yesterday and was today asked about that by media on the New Zealand election campaign trail. Collins said people ... <a title="Obesity ‘a weakness’ and don’t blame state system, claims Collins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/14/obesity-a-weakness-and-dont-blame-state-system-claims-collins/" aria-label="Read more about Obesity ‘a weakness’ and don’t blame state system, claims Collins">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2020
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent Aucklanders are being warned not to be caught napping again when it comes to the covid-19 pandemic. New Zealand’s largest city is preparing to join the rest of the country in alert level 1 from Thursday. But some experts are worried the government has kept no extra precautions ... <a title="Aucklanders warned not to fall into a ‘slumber’ again over covid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/06/aucklanders-warned-not-to-fall-into-a-slumber-again-over-covid/" aria-label="Read more about Aucklanders warned not to fall into a ‘slumber’ again over covid">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea’s opposition has called on the government to explain the paralysing martial law type restrictions that has crippled the economy and will take years to return to normal, reports the PNG Post-Courier. Opposition Leader Belden Namah said blaming covid-19 was not good enough and has called for an immediate ... <a title="PNG opposition’s Namah calls for end to ‘martial law-like’ restrictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/28/png-oppositions-namah-calls-for-end-to-martial-law-like-restrictions/" aria-label="Read more about PNG opposition’s Namah calls for end to ‘martial law-like’ restrictions">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2020
By RNZ Pacific The covid-19 outbreak in French Polynesia has reached Tahiti’s prison and infected 20 people. The French High Commission said that after two cases were detected among corrections staff, tests had revealed an initial tally of 13. A second round of testing then found another four cases among staff and three among the ... <a title="Tahiti’s Nuutania prison detects covid-19 outbreak with 20 cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/28/tahitis-nuutania-prison-detects-covid-19-outbreak-with-20-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti’s Nuutania prison detects covid-19 outbreak with 20 cases">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2020
By Michael Field French Polynesian authorities are conceding the Pacific territory of 280,000 people will probably have 100,000 cases of covid-19 by the end of the year. Most of those affected will be young Polynesians and authorities seem comforted by this, as their medical system can cope and they expect few deaths. There are indications ... <a title="100,000 Polynesians with covid by year’s end, warn Tahiti officials" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/25/100000-polynesians-with-covid-by-years-end-warn-tahiti-officials/" aria-label="Read more about 100,000 Polynesians with covid by year’s end, warn Tahiti officials">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand’s Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield announced no new cases of covid-19 yesterday. It was also revealed that Auckland is set to move to level 2, with eased restrictions on gatherings, at 11.59pm on Wednesday, while the rest of the country will be on alert level 1 from midnight last ... <a title="No new cases of covid-19 as NZ eases restrictions in Auckland, nation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/22/no-new-cases-of-covid-19-as-nz-eases-restrictions-in-auckland-nation/" aria-label="Read more about No new cases of covid-19 as NZ eases restrictions in Auckland, nation">Read more</a>
