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March 13, 2021
By RNZ Pacific Fijians have been urged to register as the government’s covid-19 vaccination campaign got underway this week. The vaccine rollout started on Wednesday following the arrival of 12,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine last weekend. Since the vaccine requires two doses, 6000 front-line workers will get the first jabs. But the government said ... <a title="Government pleads with Fijians to register to vaccinate against covid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/13/government-pleads-with-fijians-to-register-to-vaccinate-against-covid/" aria-label="Read more about Government pleads with Fijians to register to vaccinate against covid">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Michael Toole, Burnet Institute One year ago today, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared covid-19 a pandemic, the first caused by a coronavirus. As we enter year two of the pandemic, let’s remind ourselves of some sobering statistics. So far, there have been more than 117.4 million confirmed cases of covid-19 around the ... <a title="After a year of pain, here’s how the covid-19 pandemic could play out in 2021 and beyond" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/11/after-a-year-of-pain-heres-how-the-covid-19-pandemic-could-play-out-in-2021-and-beyond/" aria-label="Read more about After a year of pain, here’s how the covid-19 pandemic could play out in 2021 and beyond">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
ANALYSIS: By Dave Parry, Auckland University of Technology Although international travel restrictions for Australia have been extended to at least June, there may still be potential for a trans-Tasman bubble with New Zealand (and maybe some other countries), according to reports. Air New Zealand will begin trialling digital vaccine passports (or “immunity passports”) on routes ... <a title="How would digital covid vaccine passports work? And what’s stopping people from faking them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/06/how-would-digital-covid-vaccine-passports-work-and-whats-stopping-people-from-faking-them/" aria-label="Read more about How would digital covid vaccine passports work? And what’s stopping people from faking them?">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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March 4, 2021
By RNZ News New Zealand’s Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says the actions of the Destiny Church leaders in leaving Auckland on the eve of the alert level 3 lockdown were “completely irresponsible”. Earlier today it was revealed that church leaders Brian and Hannah Tamaki left Auckland on Saturday night, arriving around midnight in Rotorua, ... <a title="NZ covid: Destiny Church leaders actions ‘completely irresponsible’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/nz-covid-destiny-church-leaders-actions-completely-irresponsible/" aria-label="Read more about NZ covid: Destiny Church leaders actions ‘completely irresponsible’">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2021
By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she gets that everyone is angry over the latest New Zealand community covid-19 cases after it emerged there was contact between two families, but the important thing is to fix the situation. Contact between the families was not disclosed to contact tracers prior to the earlier family ... <a title="NZ covid: Ardern on latest 3 cases: ‘Everyone is angry… we have to fix it’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/01/nz-covid-ardern-on-latest-3-cases-everyone-is-angry-we-have-to-fix-it/" aria-label="Read more about NZ covid: Ardern on latest 3 cases: ‘Everyone is angry… we have to fix it’">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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February 2, 2021
By Ihsanuddin in Jakarta Jakarta Indonesian Doctor’s Association (IDI) chairperson Slamet Budiarto has challenged a statement by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo who has claimed that the Indonesian government has succeeded in bringing the coronavirus pandemic under control. Budiarto said he was confused about what parameters Widodo was using in making such a statement. “I don’t ... <a title="Indonesian doctors challenge Jokowi’s claim pandemic is ‘under control’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/indonesian-doctors-challenge-jokowis-claim-pandemic-is-under-control/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian doctors challenge Jokowi’s claim pandemic is ‘under control’">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
By Katie Todd, RNZ News reporter A wine delivery, a note penned on the back of a facemask and a 20-minute bedroom “encounter” have spelled the end of a managed isolation staffer’s job in New Zealand. However, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins refutes there are slipping standards at the border facilities, where authorities are also ... <a title="Hipkins denies NZ’s MIQ standards slipping after covid cases, illicit rendevous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/hipkins-denies-nzs-miq-standards-slipping-after-covid-cases-illicit-rendevous/" aria-label="Read more about Hipkins denies NZ’s MIQ standards slipping after covid cases, illicit rendevous">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
By RNZ News The New Zealand government should impose a week-long home quarantine for returnees after they have left managed isolation facilities to reduce the risk of community spread, epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker says. Three positive cases, a Northland woman and a father and daughter in Auckland, were detected this week after they had left ... <a title="‘Impose stricter quarantine measures’, epidemiologist tells NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/impose-stricter-quarantine-measures-epidemiologist-tells-nz/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Impose stricter quarantine measures’, epidemiologist tells NZ">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
By RNZ News The two new cases of covid-19 confirmed yesterday in New Zealand are the South African variant and initial results show they are connected to the Northland case at the Pullman Hotel. This morning the Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, confirmed to Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins that preliminary genomic sequencing results ... <a title="NZ’s two new covid cases linked to South African strain in Northland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/nzs-two-new-covid-cases-linked-to-south-african-strain-in-northland/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s two new covid cases linked to South African strain in Northland">Read more</a>
