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March 31, 2020
By RNZ News More than 14,000 New Zealanders could die and tens of thousands more could be hospitalised if the country fails in its efforts to stamp out Covid-19, according to new research. The Otago University projections paint a bleak picture, but are more optimistic than other modelling by the University of Auckland’s Te Pūnaha ... <a title="14,000 could die in NZ if control efforts fail, says new report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/14000-could-die-in-nz-if-control-efforts-fail-says-new-report/" aria-label="Read more about 14,000 could die in NZ if control efforts fail, says new report">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
By RNZ News The Auckland girl’s secondary school Marist College has New Zealand’s biggest Covid-19 cluster with 47 confirmed and probable cases. It is the biggest cluster of infection being tracked by NZ health authorities. The board chairperson Stephen Dallow said the confirmed cases included teachers, students and adults within the community. READ MORE: Al ... <a title="NZ lockdown – Day 5: Catholic girl’s school has biggest virus cluster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/nz-lockdown-day-5-catholic-girls-school-has-biggest-virus-cluster/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – Day 5: Catholic girl’s school has biggest virus cluster">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
By Elias Nanau in Port Moresby Indonesia has issued a stern warning over illegal border crossers from Papua New Guinea. This follows Indonesia stepping up its security measures at the border in response to the global Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. The First Secretary to the governor for West Sepik, Adam Wangu, has already informed people via ... <a title="Pacific coronavirus: Indonesia issues ‘no mercy’ warning on border crossing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/pacific-coronavirus-indonesia-issues-no-mercy-warning-on-border-crossing/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific coronavirus: Indonesia issues ‘no mercy’ warning on border crossing">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
By Imelda V. Abano in Manila The novel coronavirus now sweeping the globe has left many countries struggling to cope with rising numbers of infections and journalists grappling with how to best cover this evolving public health crisis. In addition to questions about how governments, health care systems and individuals are responding to immediate needs, ... <a title="Reporting the Covid-19 unknown: How reporters in Philippines do their job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/reporting-the-covid-19-unknown-how-reporters-in-philippines-do-their-job/" aria-label="Read more about Reporting the Covid-19 unknown: How reporters in Philippines do their job">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
By John Gerritsen of RNZ News The $5 billion foreign student industry is facing a massive downturn with as many as half of this year’s enrolments now in doubt. Immigration New Zealand figures show that of 76,203 valid study visas at 15 March, 60,348 were in New Zealand, and 15,855 were not. Immigration New Zealand ... <a title="NZ’s $5 billion foreign student industry faces dramatic drop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/nzs-5-billion-foreign-student-industry-faces-dramatic-drop/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s $5 billion foreign student industry faces dramatic drop">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2020
The South African ‘Don’t Panic Buy’ jingle. Video: ENCA/PickNSave PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By David Robie, self-isolating in Auckland under New Zealand’s Covid-19 lockdown as part of a new Pacific Media Watch series. A South African celebrity jingle that has gone viral at the end of this week could easily have been a theme song for ... <a title="How Ardern’s coronavirus kindness theme can become contagious" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/29/how-arderns-coronavirus-kindness-theme-can-become-contagious/" aria-label="Read more about How Ardern’s coronavirus kindness theme can become contagious">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand’s Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern have confirmed the country’s first death from the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Dr Bloomfield said New Zealand had its first death today, after a woman who was initially diagnosed with influenza died. The woman who died was in her 70s, ... <a title="NZ lockdown – Day 4: First death in New Zealand from coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/29/nz-lockdown-day-4-first-death-in-new-zealand-from-coronavirus/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – Day 4: First death in New Zealand from coronavirus">Read more</a>
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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>
