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August 23, 2020
By RNZ News NZ Post has stood down staff who worked the day shift at an Auckland parcel processing centre after two positive tests linked to the facility. In a statement, NZ Post chief operating officer Mark Stewart said staff at the processing centre in Highbrook would be stood down on full pay. New Zealand’s ... <a title="NZ postal staff stand down after co-workers’ positive tests – 6 new cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/23/nz-postal-staff-stand-down-after-co-workers-positive-tests-6-new-cases/" aria-label="Read more about NZ postal staff stand down after co-workers’ positive tests – 6 new cases">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2020
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby The Papua New Guinea government will not allow the use in the country of any vaccine to treat the covid-19 coronavirus which has not been approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO), an official says. National Pandemic Response Controller David Manning issued a new order this week requiring that ... <a title="PNG bans covid ‘vaccination’ – orders probe into Chinese worker claim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/22/png-bans-covid-vaccination-orders-probe-into-chinese-worker-claim/" aria-label="Read more about PNG bans covid ‘vaccination’ – orders probe into Chinese worker claim">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2020
By Sela Jane Hopgood, RNZ Pacific Journalist A call has been made to members of the Pacific community in New Zealand to check on loved ones during the current Auckland lockdown and to remember there is no stigma or shame in getting tested for covid-19. Dr Jemaima Tiatia-Seath, co-head of the School of Māori Studies ... <a title="‘Covid-19 knows no ethnicity, so don’t stigmatise,’ says Komiti Pasefika" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/22/covid-19-knows-no-ethnicity-so-dont-stigmatise-says-komiti-pasefika/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Covid-19 knows no ethnicity, so don’t stigmatise,’ says Komiti Pasefika">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand has today reported nine new cases of covid-19 in the community and two in the country’s managed isolation and quarantine facilities while Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has warned the nation against “vilifying those who have caught the virus”. Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said there were eight people in hospital ... <a title="‘Don’t vilify covid cases’ warns PM as NZ reports nine more in community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/dont-vilify-covid-cases-warns-pm-as-nz-reports-nine-more-in-community/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t vilify covid cases’ warns PM as NZ reports nine more in community">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea has reported its fourth covid-19 death with infection cases now reaching 361, reports NBC News. National Coordination Centre (NCC) Incident Manager Dr Daoni Esorom told a media briefing yesterday of the case of a 72-year old male who had tested positive on August 12 and died two days ... <a title="PNG reports fourth covid-19 death as total infections reach 361" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/png-reports-fourth-covid-19-death-as-total-infections-reach-361/" aria-label="Read more about PNG reports fourth covid-19 death as total infections reach 361">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2020
By RNZ Pacific The chair of the Pasifika GP Network is calling on the government to ensure there is a Pacific voice on the new group overseeing testing at the country’s border. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern yesterday announced a small team to work with health officials running the testing regime. It will be led by ... <a title="‘We need a Pasifika voice’ plea for response to NZ’s Auckland covid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/20/we-need-a-pasifika-voice-plea-for-response-to-nzs-auckland-covid/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We need a Pasifika voice’ plea for response to NZ’s Auckland covid">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Samoa’s Director-General of Health says the country remains free of the covid-19 coronavirus so the public should not believe rumours to the contrary. Leausa Dr Take Naseri held his first covid press conference since March yesterday and spent the time highlighting the government’s work to prevent the virus from entering the country. ... <a title="Samoa health director calls on public to stop rumour-fed covid panic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/20/samoa-health-director-calls-on-public-to-stop-rumour-fed-covid-panic/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa health director calls on public to stop rumour-fed covid panic">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2020
By Ben Strang, RNZ News Reporter The New Zealand government is being urged to launch an inquiry into its response to the covid-19 pandemic as soon as the Auckland outbreak is under control. Public health experts say the government wasted the 100 days New Zealand was free of community transmission. They say any inquiry could ... <a title="NZ government urged to launch inquiry into pandemic response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/20/nz-government-urged-to-launch-inquiry-into-pandemic-response/" aria-label="Read more about NZ government urged to launch inquiry into pandemic response">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2020
By Jonathan Mitchell, RNZ News journalist New Zealand’s Attorney-General David Parker says there has been no decision yet on a possible appeal to the High Court ruling that some of the country’s alert level 4 covid-19 pandemic lockdown in late March and early April was unlawful. Lawyer Andrew Borrowdale had argued that the Director-General of ... <a title="High Court rules some of NZ’s covid-19 level 4 lockdown was unlawful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/19/high-court-rules-some-of-nzs-covid-19-level-4-lockdown-was-unlawful/" aria-label="Read more about High Court rules some of NZ’s covid-19 level 4 lockdown was unlawful">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2020
COMMENT: By Teuila Fuatai South Auckland and its communities, specifically Pasifika, are at the centre of New Zealand’s current covid-19 cluster. As a result, media coverage, health information and public reaction have taken a significantly different tone to what occurred during New Zealand’s first wave of cases. Racism and misinformation continue to marginalise the “index” ... <a title="Teuila Fuatai: Vitriol harms Pasifika as much as the covid pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/19/teuila-fuatai-vitriol-harms-pasifika-as-much-as-the-covid-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Teuila Fuatai: Vitriol harms Pasifika as much as the covid pandemic">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2020
By Aileen Kwaragu in Port Moresby Papua New Guinean parents have been assured that everything is being done to ensure the health and safety of children in school, although the final decision to send them to class is entirely theirs. National Capital District Education Services Secretary Sam Lora made these points when responding to concerns ... <a title="Student safety still a concern as PNG covid infection cases hit 333" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/19/student-safety-still-a-concern-as-png-covid-infection-cases-hit-333/" aria-label="Read more about Student safety still a concern as PNG covid infection cases hit 333">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Plans for spending NZ$5.3 on construction of the Fiji Prime Minister’s new office should be diverted to people affected by the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, civil society groups say. The groups, which form the Civil Society Organisation Alliance for Covid-19 Humanitarian Response, said requests they had received for assistance from families prompted them ... <a title="Fiji government urged to reconsider NZ$5.3 million office for PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/19/fiji-government-urged-to-reconsider-nz5-3-million-office-for-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji government urged to reconsider NZ$5.3 million office for PM">Read more</a>
