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April 8, 2020
By RNZ News Social media misinformation about Covid-19 is putting Pacific communities in New Zealand at particular risk, government advisers say. The government announced a $17 million package toward building an awareness campaign in Pacific languages, as well as support for health providers. Associate Health Minister Jenny Salesa identified Pacific communities as being at greater ... <a title="NZ lockdown – day 14: Pacific groups at risk over social media ‘fake info’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/nz-lockdown-day-14-pacific-groups-at-risk-over-social-media-fake-info/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – day 14: Pacific groups at risk over social media ‘fake info’">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
By Wansolwara staff Fiji now has 15 coronavirus cases after a single new case has been confirmed by Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama. The new case was one of 25 samples that were tested at the molecular lab and is the husband of an existing patient from Lautoka – the Zumba classmate of patient number one. Bainimarama ... <a title="Latest Fiji coronavirus case – taking total to 15 – ‘expected’, says PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/latest-fiji-coronavirus-case-taking-total-to-15-expected-says-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Latest Fiji coronavirus case – taking total to 15 – ‘expected’, says PM">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
By Florencio Miranda Ximenes and Antónia Gusmão in Dili Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak has explained the decision to dismiss the vice-health minister, saying he lost trust in her to do the job. The President dismissed Élia António de Araújo dos Reis Amaral from her post on Friday, following a request from the prime minister. ... <a title="‘I lost my trust in her’, Timor PM says of health minister sacking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/i-lost-my-trust-in-her-timor-pm-says-of-health-minister-sacking/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I lost my trust in her’, Timor PM says of health minister sacking">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2020
New Zealand has 54 new confirmed and probable cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of cases to 1160, the Health Ministry has confirmed. Today’s new figure is down from the 67 new cases reported yesterday. With 65 people recovering in the past day, today is also the first day that recoveries have exceeded new ... <a title="NZ lockdown – day 13: Number of new cases drops to 54 in one day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/07/nz-lockdown-day-13-number-of-new-cases-drops-to-54-in-one-day/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – day 13: Number of new cases drops to 54 in one day">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2020
By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern does not want New Zealand to be at level four for “a minute longer than needed”, but says there is no plan to lift it earlier than the planned four weeks. As New Zealand approaches the halfway point of the four-week lockdown, Ardern said today the country needed ... <a title="NZ lockdown – day 12: Nation needs to ‘stay the course’, says PM Ardern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/06/nz-lockdown-day-12-nation-needs-to-stay-the-course-says-pm-ardern/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – day 12: Nation needs to ‘stay the course’, says PM Ardern">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2020
By Jane Patterson, political editor of RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it’s too early to claim success against the spread of Covid-19 but 11 days into lockdown, New Zealand has made a good start. At today’s media briefing, Ardern was reluctant to draw too many conclusions from the number of new positive tests ... <a title="NZ lockdown – day 11: Nation has ‘made a good start’, says PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/05/nz-lockdown-day-11-nation-has-made-a-good-start-says-pm/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – day 11: Nation has ‘made a good start’, says PM">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2020
By RNZ Pacific The number of people with Covid-19 in the Pacific continues to climb with French Polynesia hitting 40 cases, Guam now over 90 and the US state of Hawai’i suffering its third coronavirus death. In the past day, another person tested positive for Covid-19 in French Polynesia. However the number of carriers in ... <a title="Pacific coronavirus: Cases rise in Tahiti, Guam and Hawai’i" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/05/pacific-coronavirus-cases-rise-in-tahiti-guam-and-hawaii/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific coronavirus: Cases rise in Tahiti, Guam and Hawai’i">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Haiqing Yu of RMIT University and Michael Keane of Curtin University China has gradually emerged out of its shadow of despair as the epicentre where the coronavirus pandemic started. Now, there is face saving required – as well as agenda-setting in the global power play. China played a decisive role in combating the ... <a title="Masking power in the age of contagion: China’s two faces over coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/04/masking-power-in-the-age-of-contagion-chinas-two-faces-over-coronavirus/" aria-label="Read more about Masking power in the age of contagion: China’s two faces over coronavirus">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2020
Every day at 1pm New Zealand’s Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield announces precise figures on the number of confirmed and probable cases of Covid-19 in the country. He is working on the best information available, and during this week the level of community transmission was put at around 1 percent. But Sir David Skeggs, ... <a title="NZ lockdown – Day 9: How many Covid-19 cases does nation really have?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/nz-lockdown-day-9-how-many-covid-19-cases-does-nation-really-have/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – Day 9: How many Covid-19 cases does nation really have?">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2020
Pacific Media Watch The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) has strongly condemned the shoot-to-kill order by President Rodrigo Duterte this week as a ‘dangerous’ opening to target and kill anyone in a public space. “We are raising the alarm in the international community on President Duterte’s directive to kill unruly violators ... <a title="Duterte’s ‘shoot them dead’ virus order to troops slammed as dangerous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/dutertes-shoot-them-dead-virus-order-to-troops-slammed-as-dangerous/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte’s ‘shoot them dead’ virus order to troops slammed as dangerous">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2020
By Indra Singh in Suva Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says that if Fijians continue to disregard the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic directives from authorities, a nationwide 24-hour curfew could be imposed. His comments come as Fiji yesterday recorded its two latest coronavirus cases, taking the total to seven. Bainimarama said there was no “magic bullet” to ... <a title="Follow rules or face 24-hour curfew in Fiji, warns Bainimarama" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/follow-rules-or-face-24-hour-curfew-in-fiji-warns-bainimarama/" aria-label="Read more about Follow rules or face 24-hour curfew in Fiji, warns Bainimarama">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealanders in their 20s are the age group with the biggest numbers of Covid-19 and are “the vector for transmission”, says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Ardern has thanked NZ for its efforts, but says it is still too early to say if the level four lockdown is successfully slowing transmission. Ardern ... <a title="NZ lockdown – day 7: People in their 20s are ‘the ones passing it on’ – PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/01/nz-lockdown-day-7-people-in-their-20s-are-the-ones-passing-it-on-pm/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – day 7: People in their 20s are ‘the ones passing it on’ – PM">Read more</a>
