By Bob Howarth in Dili With the rapid spread of the dreaded Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic across the Pacific and Asia many people naturally seek online...

By Rappler Filipinos on lockdown have sought comic relief online through various memes and social media posts related to the uncomfortable experience of being quarantined...

OPINION: By Scott Waide in Lae So it’s a global pandemic with 16,000+ dead already, more than 375,000 infected and nearly 102,000 recovered. It was a...

ANALYSIS: By Hugh Breakey of Griffith University As Australia and New Zealand move into lockdown mode in response to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, we are...

By RNZ News New Zealanders are preparing to go into an unprecedented lockdown period at midnight on Wednesday to stem the spread of the Covid-19...

Week one of the wide-ranging quarantine measures in the Philippines has already rattled medical frontliners, law enforcers, national and local government authorities and economic...

By RNZ News New Zealand's Ministry of Health (MoH) has revealed there are 36 new cases of Covid-19 in the country, taking the total to...

By Eva Corlett of RNZ As more cases of Covid-19 arise, New Zealanders are being cautioned to work from home or stay home if sick...

By RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has declared a national state of emergency and warned the public to prepare for a...

Professor Paul Spoonley spoke about hate speech, political discourse and religious diversity in the wake of the 15 March 2019 Mosque Massacre in a...

By Sri Krishnamurthi Guam's government has confirmed a 68-year-old woman died of Covid-19 early today - the first coronavirus-related death in the Pacific. Dr Mike Cruz,...

By Anumita Kaur in Hagåtña Guam medical authorities have announced the first Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic-related death during a press conference today. The person died at...

ANALYSIS: By Michael Baker and Nick Wilson of the University of Otago With some of the toughest border restrictions and a newly-announced NZ$500 million boost...

By Robert Baird and Felicidade Ximenes in Dili Timor-Leste’s Health Ministry has confirmed the country’s first positive Covid-19 case, after test results arrived back from...

By RNZ Pacific New Caledonia has recorded another two cases of Covid-19 coronavirus, bringing its total to four. The authorities say the two have been transferred...

By Jane Patterson, political editor of RNZ News New Zealanders now have an alert system for Covid-19, giving people more certainty and clarity as the...

ANALYSIS: By Jeremy Mogi in Port Moresby And so it’s out. Papua New Guinea's first infection case. 2019 Novel Coronavirus. Covid-19. In what is arguably the...

By Theckla Gunga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea has reported its first confirmed Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic case. The announcement, made last night live on television...

By RNZ News New Zealand faced another day today consumed by Covid-19 coronavirus developments. The nation woke with the news that the country's borders had been...

By Kalino Lātū,, editor of Kaniva Tonga Prime Minister Pōhiva Tu’i’onetoa announced today the Pacific kingdom of Tonga is now in a state of emergency,...