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ANALYSIS: By Tobias R. Keller and Rosalie Gillett of the Queensland University of Technology Even before the coronavirus arrived to turn life upside down and...

Pacific Media Centre The Chinese consul in French Polynesia, Shen Zhiliang, has described the new coronavirus causing the global Covid-19 pandemic as "our common enemy”. He...

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...

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...

By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News Australia's Human Rights Commissioner has called for the "urgent" and "immediate" release of immigration detainees in line with recommendations...

By RNZ News New Zealand's number of recovered cases of Covid-19 continues to be higher than the number of new infections, the Director-General of Health...

By Tess Newton Cain and Dan McGarry There are now more than 220 confirmed cases across the Pacific Islands region (excluding Australia and New Zealand)...

By Ritika Pratap in Suva Fiji police have arrested 193 people in the last 24 hours for violations of the country's coronavirus lockdown and the...

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...

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...

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...

By Made Anthony Iswara in Jakarta The Covid-19 pandemic, which is spreading like wildfire in Indonesia, has taken not just lives but also the...

By RNZ News New Zealand has recorded just 29 new cases of Covid-19 infection in the past 24 hours, but the prime minister says a...

The Guardian's Pacific Project disaster video. By the Pacific Project Tropical Cyclone Harold lashed Vanuatu, ripping off roofs and downing telecommunications, before moving towards Fiji and...

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...

By Kelly Vacala in Suva Fiji disaster authorities have lifted movement restrictions imposed yesterday during the height of Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold have been lifted...

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...

By Maggie Boyle of FBC News Fiji disaster authorities have put the whole of Viti Levu island on restricted movement due to TC Harold. Director for...

Former Chief Justice Sir Arnold Amet ... emergency powers up to controller alone. Video: EMTV News By Martha Louis in Madang Papua New Guinea's former Chief...

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...

Pacific Media Centre Health authorities in Papua have reported a spike in the number of people under surveillance (ODP) in the southern Merauke district, with...

By Anita Roberts in Port Vila While the Vanuatu government is investing its resources in tackling the coronavirus pandemic threat, it is now stretching its...