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March 14, 2020
By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced late today wide-ranging travel restrictions which mean as of midnight tomorrow anyone coming into New Zealand will have to self-isolate for 14 days. The only exemption is for people coming from the Pacific islands, but New Zealanders returning from overseas will not be exempt. The measures will ... <a title="New travel curbs require almost everyone entering NZ to self-isolate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/14/new-travel-curbs-require-almost-everyone-entering-nz-to-self-isolate/" aria-label="Read more about New travel curbs require almost everyone entering NZ to self-isolate">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2020
French Polynesia has recorded the first coronavirus case in the Pacific Islands. President Edouard Fritch said the carrier was one of French Polynesia’s members of the French National Assembly, Maina Sage, who returned from Paris at the weekend. She was at home in self-isolation, Fritch said. Reports say Sage had met the French Culture Minister ... <a title="French Polynesia records Pacific’s first coronavirus case with Paris lawmaker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/14/french-polynesia-records-pacifics-first-coronavirus-case-with-paris-lawmaker/" aria-label="Read more about French Polynesia records Pacific’s first coronavirus case with Paris lawmaker">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Scott Waide in Port Moresby There is no other way to say this to the government of Papua New Guinea. Prime Minister James Marape, you need to issue the orders to shut down our borders starting with our international airports. While every other country is initiating lockdowns over the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, Papua ... <a title="Coronavirus: We need to shut down PNG borders and prepare our people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/14/coronavirus-we-need-to-shut-down-png-borders-and-prepare-our-people/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus: We need to shut down PNG borders and prepare our people">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2020
By Sela Jane Hopgood of RNZ Pacific The cancellation of this year’s New Zealand Pasifika Festival in Auckland because of coronavirus fears is expected to be a huge financial blow for some stallholders. Dutchie Low, from Hawaiian Pineapple Hut, said he found out about the cancellation on Facebook, which was then followed by a few ... <a title="NZ’s canned Pasifika Festival a financial blow for stallholders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/13/nzs-canned-pasifika-festival-a-financial-blow-for-stallholders/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s canned Pasifika Festival a financial blow for stallholders">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2020
By Sofia Tomacruz in Manila Several cabinet members of the Duterte government are placing themselves under quarantine in an effort to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus Covid-19, while serving as the country’s top officials closest to President Rodrigo Duterte. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III last night became the first cabinet official to announce ... <a title="Duterte cabinet members in self-quarantine amid coronavirus fears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/12/duterte-cabinet-members-in-self-quarantine-amid-coronavirus-fears/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte cabinet members in self-quarantine amid coronavirus fears">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2020
By Marchio Irfan Gorbiano in Jakarta Indonesia has reported its first death from the Covid-19 coronavirus today, a 53-year-old woman and foreign citizen identified as Case 25. The Health Ministry’s disease control and prevention director-general Achmad Yurianto said Case 25 died about 2 am on Wednesday after nearly three days of treatment. “The patient was ... <a title="Indonesia reports first death – a foreigner – from Covid-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/11/indonesia-reports-first-death-a-foreigner-from-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia reports first death – a foreigner – from Covid-19">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
By Sofia Tomacruz in Manila President Rodrigo Duterte has rejected calls to place Metro Manila on lockdown after health officials recorded a spike in Covid-19 novel coronavirus cases. In a late night press conference yesterday, Duterte said it was still “too early” to implement the sweeping restrictions that would limit people’s movements. “We have not ... <a title="Duterte rejects Metro Manila coronavirus lockdown for now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/duterte-rejects-metro-manila-coronavirus-lockdown-for-now/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte rejects Metro Manila coronavirus lockdown for now">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2020
A public health professor says the World Health Organisation’s failure to declare Covid-19 a pandemic is giving New Zealanders a false sense of security. It was confirmed today that there is a fifth case of coronavirus in New Zealand as 43 North Shore Hospital staff in Auckland went into self-isolation. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield ... <a title="5th NZ coronavirus case: Community spread ‘inevitable’, says professor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/08/5th-nz-coronavirus-case-community-spread-inevitable-says-professor/" aria-label="Read more about 5th NZ coronavirus case: Community spread ‘inevitable’, says professor">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
Pacific Media Watch New Zealand is providing NZ$1 million to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Suva, Fiji, to support its Pacific Action Plan for Covid-19 coronavirus preparedness and response. Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has announced that New Zealand is partnering with countries in the Pacific to ensure they are prepared for, and able ... <a title="NZ pledges $1m for WHO in coronavirus support to Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/nz-pledges-1m-for-who-in-coronavirus-support-to-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about NZ pledges $1m for WHO in coronavirus support to Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
Four people have been isolated by Fiji health officials and are being monitored for a suspected Covid-19 coronavirus infection. The Health Ministry in a statement said all four people were in strict isolation and were in a stable condition while they were awaiting test results. The ministry said a 15-month old girl developed respiratory symptoms ... <a title="Four Fiji suspected coronavirus cases in ‘strict isolation’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/four-fiji-suspected-coronavirus-cases-in-strict-isolation/" aria-label="Read more about Four Fiji suspected coronavirus cases in ‘strict isolation’">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
A third case of Covid-19 coronavirus has been confirmed in New Zealand. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield told RNZ’s Morning Report that he got a report of a third positive test yesterday evening. “We’re getting all the information together and we’ll update everybody at the same time at the update this afternoon,” Dr Bloomfield ... <a title="Third coronavirus case confirmed in NZ, says health chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/third-coronavirus-case-confirmed-in-nz-says-health-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Third coronavirus case confirmed in NZ, says health chief">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Papua New Guinea’s Minister for State Enterprises Sasindran Muthuvel has reassured the nation that Air Niugini is taking all necessary steps to protect the country against the spread of coronavirus, reports EMTV News. “The airline has instituted a wide range of measures to minimise the risk to the nation, and is constantly ... <a title="Air Niugini putting people first in fight against coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/18/air-niugini-putting-people-first-in-fight-against-coronavirus/" aria-label="Read more about Air Niugini putting people first in fight against coronavirus">Read more</a>
