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September 13, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A Pasifika local government politician in New Zealand, the first from Kiribati to be elected to political office, has appealed to “Pasifika friends and family” to get vaccinated now as part of the national covid rollout. Victoria Short, deputy chair of Auckland’s Hibiscus and Bays Local Board, says not to wait. ... <a title="Plea to Pasifika ‘friends and family’, community to get covid shots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/13/plea-to-pasifika-friends-and-family-community-to-get-covid-shots/" aria-label="Read more about Plea to Pasifika ‘friends and family’, community to get covid shots">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2021
RNZ News Covid-19 numbers dropped slightly today to 20 new community cases, while Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a deal with Denmark to bring 500,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to this country. The number of new delta variant community cases in New Zealand dropped back to 20 cases from yesterday’s 23, which was the ... <a title="NZ’s covid-19 numbers drop to 20 new cases – new vaccine deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/13/nzs-covid-19-numbers-drop-to-20-new-cases-new-vaccine-deal/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s covid-19 numbers drop to 20 new cases – new vaccine deal">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2021
RNZ Pacific New Caledonia has recorded its first death of the Covid-19 pandemic. The fatality was announced by territorial President Louis Mapou today in a televised address. He said the victim was an elderly person — aged 75 — who had died in hospital. The fatality comes four days after the first three cases of ... <a title="New Caledonia reports first covid death – 117 cases in four days" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/11/new-caledonia-reports-first-covid-death-117-cases-in-four-days/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia reports first covid death – 117 cases in four days">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand health officials are investigating a mystery case of covid-19 who spent time in hospital and interacted with seven police officers before she knew she was infected. The woman was swabbed as a precaution when she went to Middlemore Hospital yesterday for a non covid-related reason. She spent two hours at the ... <a title="NZ health officials investigate mystery hospital covid ‘short stay’ case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/11/nz-health-officials-investigate-mystery-hospital-covid-short-stay-case/" aria-label="Read more about NZ health officials investigate mystery hospital covid ‘short stay’ case">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2021
RNZ Pacific The New Caledonian government has appealed to all medical and paramedical staff, including veterinarians, to help in the fight against covid-19. Sixty-six cases have been recorded since the community outbreak was first detected on Monday and a lockdown was ordered from Tuesday. There are seven people in intensive care with two in a ... <a title="New Caledonia appeals to all medical staff to help combat covid-19 outbreak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/11/new-caledonia-appeals-to-all-medical-staff-to-help-combat-covid-19-outbreak/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia appeals to all medical staff to help combat covid-19 outbreak">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
By Edwin Nand in Suva A four-month-old baby boy has died from covid-19 in Fiji. Health Secretary Dr James Fong has confirmed the child was admitted at the Colonial War Memorial (CWM) Hospital five days before he succumbed to the virus. He is among three deaths reported in Fiji over a seven day period between ... <a title="Baby among Fiji’s three new covid deaths reported this week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/baby-among-fijis-three-new-covid-deaths-reported-this-week/" aria-label="Read more about Baby among Fiji’s three new covid deaths reported this week">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A Māori political leader has branded opposition neoliberal ACT leader David Seymour’s act this week undermining an indigenous response to New Zealand’s covid-19 pandemic as “unbelievably irresponsible and cruel”. Seymour publicly shared a priority vaccine code for Māori so that Pākehā, or non-Māori, could jump the queue for vaccinations against the ... <a title="Seymour’s sabotage of Māori priority vaccine code ‘unbelievably cruel’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/seymours-sabotage-of-maori-priority-vaccine-code-unbelievably-cruel/" aria-label="Read more about Seymour’s sabotage of Māori priority vaccine code ‘unbelievably cruel’">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Fiji celebrated Constitution Day today virtually due to the ongoing civid-19 pandemic crisis, but many see the day as a hollow event not worth celebrating. The national holiday marks the eighth year that the adoption of the controversial and contested 2013 Constitution by the Bainimarama government has been observed. Among the ... <a title="Fiji’s Constitution Day? Nothing but a ‘national joke’, says Prasad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/fijis-constitution-day-nothing-but-a-national-joke-says-prasad/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s Constitution Day? Nothing but a ‘national joke’, says Prasad">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
RNZ Pacific New Caledonia has detected three cases of Covid-19 in the community and ordered a two-week lockdown from midday today. The three cases are not connected and involve people who have not travelled, suggesting the virus is circulating in the community. Territorial President Louis Mapou said investigations had been launched immediately to identify contacts ... <a title="New Caledonia begins two-week lockdown in new covid-19 outbreak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/new-caledonia-begins-two-week-lockdown-in-new-covid-19-outbreak/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia begins two-week lockdown in new covid-19 outbreak">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk New Caledonia has declared all schools in the Southern province closed for two weeks from tomorrow after health authorities reported at least three cases of the covid-19 delta variant have been detected in the territory. All flights to the Loyalty Islands have been cancelled, reports Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes. Territorial President Louis ... <a title="Three delta cases of covid detected in New Caledonia – schools closed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/three-delta-cases-of-covid-detected-in-new-caledonia-schools-closed/" aria-label="Read more about Three delta cases of covid detected in New Caledonia – schools closed">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced New Zealand, outside of Auckland, will move to alert level 2 from 11.59pm Tuesday, September 7. Delta alert level 2 looks different and settings have been changed. Auckland will stay in level 4 until 11.59pm next Tuesday, September 14. Schools will be given 48 hours to reopen ... <a title="New Zealand, except Auckland, to move to covid alert level ‘delta 2’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/new-zealand-except-auckland-to-move-to-covid-alert-level-delta-2/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand, except Auckland, to move to covid alert level ‘delta 2’">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
By Rohit Deo in Suva Fiji health authorities report that there are currently 204 covid-19 patients admitted at the country’s hospitals. According to the Ministry of Health and Medical Services, 84 patients have been admitted at the Lautoka Hospital, 17 patients at the FEMAT field hospital, and 103 at CWM hospital, St Giles, and Makoi. ... <a title="204 covid patients in Fiji hospitals – 20 severe, 9 critical" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/204-covid-patients-in-fiji-hospitals-20-severe-9-critical/" aria-label="Read more about 204 covid patients in Fiji hospitals – 20 severe, 9 critical">Read more</a>
