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January 30, 2020
Video report by RNZ Pacific. RNZ Pacific’s Jamie Tahana reports In the Pacific, where several countries are already dealing with epidemics, some countries have taken extreme measures to try and halt the spread of the new coronavirus. While authorities say the risk of an outbreak remains low, little is being left to chance – especially ... <a title="Coronavirus: Pacific Islands ‘fighting a war’ on epidemics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/30/coronavirus-pacific-islands-fighting-a-war-on-epidemics/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus: Pacific Islands ‘fighting a war’ on epidemics">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealanders evacuated from Wuhan amid the coronavirus outbreak will be quarantined in Aotearoa – not on Christmas Island like the Australians. As efforts to co-ordinate evacuations continue, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters said New Zealanders would be brought back home, but where to remained a question to be answered. “We are ... <a title="NZ coronavirus evacuees from Wuhan to be quarantined at unknown location" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/30/nz-coronavirus-evacuees-from-wuhan-to-be-quarantined-at-unknown-location/" aria-label="Read more about NZ coronavirus evacuees from Wuhan to be quarantined at unknown location">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2020
Rappler editorial It’s not the virus. It’s not the Chinese flying into the Philippines. Our biggest enemy amid the Wuhan crisis is panic. Here’s the situation: a new strain of the coronavirus has caused an outbreak in the city of Wuhan in central China. It has so far killed 106 people and infected more than ... <a title="Our biggest enemy amid the Wuhan virus outbreak – panic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/29/our-biggest-enemy-amid-the-wuhan-virus-outbreak-panic/" aria-label="Read more about Our biggest enemy amid the Wuhan virus outbreak – panic">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2020
By Andrio Adiwibowo in Jakarta After beating the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) epidemics in the past, we may think we will win the battle against the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). But this optimism is turning into pessimism. First, several developed countries known to have the best infection control ... <a title="Why we may have lost battle against China’s coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/29/why-we-may-have-lost-battle-against-chinas-coronavirus/" aria-label="Read more about Why we may have lost battle against China’s coronavirus">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2020
By RNZ News The unexpected death of a person in New Zealand who recently travelled to China is being investigated for coronavirus, but a local district health board says virus is unlikely the cause. The novel coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV, has infected 2800 people and killed at least 80 in China. The outbreak is believed ... <a title="NZ investigates person who died after travelling to China for coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/28/nz-investigates-person-who-died-after-travelling-to-china-for-coronavirus/" aria-label="Read more about NZ investigates person who died after travelling to China for coronavirus">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand health authorities are following up reports of a person with coronavirus in the southern New Zealand tourism city of Queenstown. The novel coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV, has infected 2800 people and killed at least 80 in China. The outbreak is believed to have emerged late last year from illegally traded ... <a title="Wuhan coronavirus: Unconfirmed reports of infected person in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/28/wuhan-coronavirus-unconfirmed-reports-of-infected-person-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Wuhan coronavirus: Unconfirmed reports of infected person in NZ">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2020
Pacific Media Watch An American environmental journalist accused of violating the terms of his visa has been freed after three days in jail and is likely to be deported soon, a top Indonesian government minister said, reports The New York Times. The journalist, Philip Jacobson, 30, who works for the nonprofit news site Mongabay and ... <a title="Indonesia releases US Mongabay journalist held on visa charge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/26/indonesia-releases-us-mongabay-journalist-held-on-visa-charge/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia releases US Mongabay journalist held on visa charge">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2020
By Mata’afa Keni Lesa in Apia Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr Sa’ilele Malielegaoi has attacked the Samoa Observer, accusing the nation’s only daily newspaper of being “nosy,” spreading “lies” and employing “kids” whose writing, he says, are misleading the public. Tuilaepa issued his attack in response to the Samoa Observer’s coverage of the Legislative Assembly’s decision ... <a title="Samoan PM Tuilaepa attacks Observer over criticism of media ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/26/samoan-pm-tuilaepa-attacks-observer-over-criticism-of-media-ban/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan PM Tuilaepa attacks Observer over criticism of media ban">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2020
John Minto praises Iraqi protests against US aggression in the Middle East and calls for NZ troops to be recalled at a rally in Auckland’s Aotea Square today. Video: David Robie/Cafe Pacific Pacific Media Centre Veteran campaigner John Minto, UNITE union national director Mike Treen and other speakers today called on New Zealanders to “mobilise” ... <a title="Minto calls for ‘mobilisation’ backing peace, justice in Middle East" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/25/minto-calls-for-mobilisation-backing-peace-justice-in-middle-east/" aria-label="Read more about Minto calls for ‘mobilisation’ backing peace, justice in Middle East">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2020
By RNZ News The first Australian case of Wuhan coronavirus has been confirmed, with a man being held under isolation in a Melbourne hospital. News of the case came after Chinese authorities said they were treating 1287 patients with the virus, while the death toll has risen to 41. The Melbourne patient is a Chinese ... <a title="First Australian coronavirus case confirmed – 41 now dead in China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/25/first-australian-coronavirus-case-confirmed-41-now-dead-in-china/" aria-label="Read more about First Australian coronavirus case confirmed – 41 now dead in China">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2020
A Mongabay video message to supporters of the US journalist Philip Jacobson arrested in Indonesia. By Michael Andrew in Jakarta International journalists and agencies have condemned the arrest of American environmental journalist Philip Jacobson, who has been detained in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, for allegedly misusing his residency permit. The reporter and editor of Mongabay, a ... <a title="Global media decry Indonesia’s arrest of environmental journalist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/24/global-media-decry-indonesias-arrest-of-environmental-journalist/" aria-label="Read more about Global media decry Indonesia’s arrest of environmental journalist">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2020
By David Robie in Manila Rappler, the innovative online publisher that has been at the media freedom frontline in the Philippines for the past three years, has challenged President Rodrigo Duterte by taking the executive to the Supreme Court. The news website has called on the court to rule on whether President Duterte – or ... <a title="Rappler challenges president’s ‘media powers’ in democracy fight back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/23/rappler-challenges-presidents-media-powers-in-democracy-fight-back/" aria-label="Read more about Rappler challenges president’s ‘media powers’ in democracy fight back">Read more</a>