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April 28, 2020
Pacific Media Watch The Indonesian human rights advocacy group TAPOL has denounced the sentencing by the district court of Central Jakarta which found six political prisoners guilty of treason yesterday and demanded their immediate release. Paulus Suryanta Ginting, Ambrosius Mulait, Ariana Elopere, Dano Tabuni, and Charles Kossay were sentenced to nine months imprisonment, whereas Isay ... <a title="TAPOL denounces sentences handed to Jakarta Six, calls for their release" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/tapol-denounces-sentences-handed-to-jakarta-six-calls-for-their-release/" aria-label="Read more about TAPOL denounces sentences handed to Jakarta Six, calls for their release">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2020
By Wansolwara News A 21-year-old man on Fiji’s Vanua Levu island has tested positive for the Covid-19 novel coronavirus, taking the total number of cases in the country to 17. Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama said the man was a relative and travelling companion of case nine. He said they travelled together from India to Singapore ... <a title="Fiji imposes new lockdowns on Vanua Levu after virus cases rise to 17" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/17/fiji-imposes-new-lockdowns-on-vanua-levu-after-virus-cases-rise-to-17/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji imposes new lockdowns on Vanua Levu after virus cases rise to 17">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has confirmed that there are now five new cases of coronavirus in the country, three in the province bordering Papua, reports EMTV News. This takes the total to seven people who have now been infected with the Covid-19 coronavirus. Briefly, the seven people who have ... <a title="Marape confirms five new cases of coronavirus – three near Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/17/marape-confirms-five-new-cases-of-coronavirus-three-near-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Marape confirms five new cases of coronavirus – three near Papua">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2020
By Koroi Tadulala in Suva Fiji’s Ministry of Health mobile fever clinic teams operating in the greater Suva area have screened 121,304 Fijians so far. The ministry is aiming to screen 150,000 people by tomorrow. The ministry said the mobile fever clinics had been a success in identifying early symptoms and preventing the spread of ... <a title="Fiji fever clinics screen more than 120,000 people in Suva ‘success’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/16/fiji-fever-clinics-screen-more-than-120000-people-in-suva-success/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji fever clinics screen more than 120,000 people in Suva ‘success’">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, government ministers and public service chief executives will take a 20 percent pay cut for the next six months. She said it acknowledged New Zealanders who were on wage subsidies, taking pay cuts, or losing their jobs due to the Covid-19 coronavirus. “We feel acutely the ... <a title="NZ lockdown – day 21: 20% pay cut for PM, ministers and civil service bosses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/nz-lockdown-day-21-20-pay-cut-for-pm-ministers-and-civil-service-bosses/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – day 21: 20% pay cut for PM, ministers and civil service bosses">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2020
By RNZ News Four more people have died from Covid-19 in New Zealand in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry has confirmed. Nine people have now died in the country from the coronavirus, with six of them being residents of the Rosewood Rest Home in Christchurch. It is the highest number of Covid-19 deaths ... <a title="NZ lockdown – day 20: Four more Covid-19 deaths, 17 new cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/14/nz-lockdown-day-20-four-more-covid-19-deaths-17-new-cases/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – day 20: Four more Covid-19 deaths, 17 new cases">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2020
By Maggie Boyle in Suva Fiji’s Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete says that with mobile health clinics “hitting the ground” in Suva, the aim is to assess at least 100,000 Fijians that reside within the lockdown area. It was a comprehensive approach that was in addition to several other measures the ministry is taking in ... <a title="Fiji steps up testing in Suva lockdown area, says Health Minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/14/fiji-steps-up-testing-in-suva-lockdown-area-says-health-minister/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji steps up testing in Suva lockdown area, says Health Minister">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand’s Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield today confirmed the Health Ministry is “actively looking” at the rules around people visiting dying family members in the Ciovid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Dr Bloomfield confirmed this in a Q+A session on Facebook this afternoon to talk about masks, bubbles, testing and clusters. Earlier this ... <a title="NZ lockdown – day 19: Health Ministry ‘looking at visit rules’ after fifth death" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/nz-lockdown-day-19-health-ministry-looking-at-visit-rules-after-fifth-death/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – day 19: Health Ministry ‘looking at visit rules’ after fifth death">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand has had two further deaths because of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, doubling the death toll to four, says Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay. “New Zealand now has four deaths associated with Covid-19. As we have said previously, this can be a very serious disease, particularly for elderly people ... <a title="NZ lockdown – day 17: Coronavirus death toll rises to four, 442 recover" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/11/nz-lockdown-day-17-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-to-four-442-recover/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – day 17: Coronavirus death toll rises to four, 442 recover">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2020
By Antónia Gusmão in Dili Timor-Leste has registered its second case of Covid-19, the Integrated Crisis Management Centre (CIGC) has confirmed. The patient – a Timorese citizen, who crossed the border from Indonesia on April 1 – was isolated at their quarantine site when they developed symptoms of the virus, CIGC spokesman Sérgio Lobo said. ... <a title="Second coronavirus case in Timor-Leste – and first Timorese national" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/11/second-coronavirus-case-in-timor-leste-and-first-timorese-national/" aria-label="Read more about Second coronavirus case in Timor-Leste – and first Timorese national">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2020
By RNZ News A Christchurch woman in her 90s who was living in the Rosewood rest home is New Zealand’s second death from Covid-19, the Health Ministry has confirmed. Director of Public Health Caroline McElnay said today the “frail” woman could not have family around her in her last couple of days, because they were ... <a title="NZ lockdown – Day 16: Second death confirmed, cases rise on Good Friday" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/10/nz-lockdown-day-16-second-death-confirmed-cases-rise-on-good-friday/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – Day 16: Second death confirmed, cases rise on Good Friday">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
COMMENTARY: By Georgie Bright, Australia associate director of Human Rights Watch Even before the coronavirus pandemic, the fragile health system in Papua New Guinea was underfunded and overwhelmed, with high rates of malaria, tuberculosis, and diabetes among its population of more than eight million. Access to hospitals is extremely limited, with 80 percent of the ... <a title="Why a full-on coronavirus outbreak would be catastrophic for PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/why-a-full-on-coronavirus-outbreak-would-be-catastrophic-for-png/" aria-label="Read more about Why a full-on coronavirus outbreak would be catastrophic for PNG">Read more</a>
