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August 9, 2020
By Patrick Makis in Buka Contact tracing has begun for the Autonomous Region of Bougainville’s first covid-19 case. The 22-year-old male, who had returned from Port Moresby on an Air Niugini flight on July 29, is stable and is being isolated in Arawa town. ABG’s Deputy Controller, Health Secretary Clement Totavun, said the contact tracing ... <a title="Contact tracing begins for first Bougainville covid case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/09/contact-tracing-begins-for-first-bougainville-covid-case/" aria-label="Read more about Contact tracing begins for first Bougainville covid case">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2020
By Michael Baker, University of Otago; Amanda Kvalsvig, University of Otago, and Nick Wilson, University of Otago Tomorrow, New Zealand will mark 100 days without community transmission of covid-19. From the first known case imported into New Zealand on February 26 to the last case of community transmission detected on May 1, elimination took 65 ... <a title="100 days without covid-19: how NZ got rid of a globally spreading virus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/08/100-days-without-covid-19-how-nz-got-rid-of-a-globally-spreading-virus/" aria-label="Read more about 100 days without covid-19: how NZ got rid of a globally spreading virus">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2020
By Lulu Mark in Port Moresby Port Moresby may need to expand its covid-19 isolation facilities quickly and effectively in case a big spike in cases occurs, a doctor says. Rita Flynn isolation facility manager Dr Gary Nou said it would be a disaster if the spread of covid-19 in the capital city continued to ... <a title="Port Moresby may need to expand covid isolation facilities, warns doctor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/07/port-moresby-may-need-to-expand-covid-isolation-facilities-warns-doctor/" aria-label="Read more about Port Moresby may need to expand covid isolation facilities, warns doctor">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A medical authority has warned that the spike in covid-19 cases in Papua New Guinea is to be expected and could reach thousands between September and December, reports The National today. Professor Glen Mola had predicted early last month, when the number of cases of infection had been below 20, that ... <a title="PNG surge in covid infections to 153 ‘expected’ and likely to rise, says doctor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/png-surge-in-covid-infections-to-153-expected-and-likely-to-rise-says-doctor/" aria-label="Read more about PNG surge in covid infections to 153 ‘expected’ and likely to rise, says doctor">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2020
By Scott Waide of EMTV News Seventy-four health workers in Papua New Guinea’s Morobe province have been isolated after coming in contact with a 35-year-old National Department of Health officer who has tested positive with covid-19. The officer arrived in Lae on Sunday from the capital Port Moresby to attend a workshop and became ill ... <a title="74 health workers isolated in PNG’s Morobe after positive covid contact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/29/74-health-workers-isolated-in-pngs-morobe-after-positive-covid-contact/" aria-label="Read more about 74 health workers isolated in PNG’s Morobe after positive covid contact">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Twenty three new covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Papua New Guinea’s National Capital District – the highest reported so far in a day since the outbreak, reports NBC News. Deputy Pandemic Controller Dr Paison Dakulala announced the new cases in a statement last night following a meeting with Controller David ... <a title="PNG coronavirus cases jump by record 23 as total now tops 62" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/27/png-coronavirus-cases-jump-by-record-23-as-total-now-tops-62/" aria-label="Read more about PNG coronavirus cases jump by record 23 as total now tops 62">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2020
By Aika Rey in Manila Most Filipinos remain stressed due to the coronavirus pandemic, pollster Social Weather Stations found in a survey earlier this month. The SWS says 86 percent or close to 9 in 10 Filipinos said that the pandemic brought stress into their lives. The July 3-6 survey was a follow-up from the ... <a title="Most Filipinos remain stressed due to covid pandemic, says social survey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/26/most-filipinos-remain-stressed-due-to-covid-pandemic-says-social-survey/" aria-label="Read more about Most Filipinos remain stressed due to covid pandemic, says social survey">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk When New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the country had managed to stamp out the coronavirus, it was met with much fanfare – with many experts lauding Aotearoa for its effective response. But another small Pacific nation has had even greater success in eradicating the coronavirus – Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste has ... <a title="Timor-Leste’s ongoing success in eradicating the coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/25/timor-lestes-ongoing-success-in-eradicating-the-coronavirus/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste’s ongoing success in eradicating the coronavirus">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2020
By RNZ News Four teenagers who fled from a New Zealand managed isolation facility in Hamilton last night with their mother had returned to the country to attend their father’s funeral, but had been initially denied permission to go. Minister Megan Woods and Air Commodore Darryn Webb have held a media conference to discuss the ... <a title="Family charged over covid-19 isolation facility escape to attend NZ funeral" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/25/family-charged-over-covid-19-isolation-facility-escape-to-attend-nz-funeral/" aria-label="Read more about Family charged over covid-19 isolation facility escape to attend NZ funeral">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea’s rapid response team of the National Capital District (NCD) is conducting thorough case investigation, contact tracing and testing of contacts amid growing alarm over covid-19 community transmission in the capital of Port Moresby. The tracing and testing is in collaboration with teams from the Health Department, St John ... <a title="PNG rapid response team steps up Port Moresby tracing after covid spike" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/22/png-rapid-response-team-steps-up-port-moresby-tracing-after-covid-spike/" aria-label="Read more about PNG rapid response team steps up Port Moresby tracing after covid spike">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2020
More coronavirus cases in Papua New Guinea. Video: EMTV News By EMTV News Papua New Guinea’s National Command Center has announced two new covid-19 cases in Port Moresby. The 18th case is a 53-year-old man with no history of travel and who was experiencing fever, cough, shortness of breath and was tested via GeneXpert Testing. ... <a title="Two more covid-19 cases in Port Moresby with targeted testing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/21/two-more-covid-19-cases-in-port-moresby-with-targeted-testing/" aria-label="Read more about Two more covid-19 cases in Port Moresby with targeted testing">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A 48-year-old woman from Papua New Guinea’s Central Province who has died after a battle with stage 4 breast cancer has been identified as the 17th covid-19 case in the country. This is the first covid-19 death recorded in PNG, reports the PNG Post-Courier. The National Control Centre said last night ... <a title="PNG suffers first reported covid death – woman with breast cancer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/20/png-suffers-first-reported-covid-death-woman-with-breast-cancer/" aria-label="Read more about PNG suffers first reported covid death – woman with breast cancer">Read more</a>
