Tag: Coronavirus
Medics arrive in Fiji to help with covid – $10m support...
RNZ Pacific
The New Zealand government is ramping up its support to Fiji, which is in the grips of a covid-19 pandemic crisis.
Another 126 new...
PNG Council of Churches declares support for covid vaccine rollout
RNZ Pacific
The Papua New Guinea Council of Churches (PNGCC) has declared its support for the covid-19 vaccination rollout, following a conference in Port Moresby.
Papua...
150 new covid cases as NZ and Australia medics prepare for...
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
Fiji's Health Secretary Dr James Fong confirms that the country has recorded 150 new cases in the...
Fiji reports another 115 covid cases – new hospital death investigated
By Vijay Narayan in Suva
Fiji health authorities have announced 115 new covid-19 cases for the 24 hour period ending at 8am today.
Health Secretary Dr...
Which covid vaccine is best? Here’s why that’s really hard to...
ANALYSIS: By Wen Shi Lee, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and Hyon Xhi Tan, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and...
Warnings to anti-vaxxers slowing rollout in Solomons and PNG
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist
Anti-vax misinformation is throwing a spanner in the works for covid-19 vaccination programmes in Papua New Guinea and Solomon...
Fiji babies test positive for covid-19 as health officials report 121...
By Siteri Sauvakacolo in Lautoka, Fiji
Six infants who tested positive to covid-19 are in stable condition at Lautoka Hospital in the west of Fiji.
Health...
Covid-19 deaths tally controversy at Suva hospital troubles Fijians
RNZ Pacific
Ten people have died in Fiji after testing positive for covid-19 -- but only four had their deaths attributed to the coronavirus.
The Health...
Marape urges PNG public to take vaccine as doses expiry looms
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape is appealing to people to take the covid-19 vaccine before doses expire.
This comes as the number...
105 more covid cases in Fiji – 98 linked to existing...
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
Fiji's Health Ministry has announced 105 new covid-19 cases as the pandemic crisis worsens.
Health Secretary Dr James Fong said 98...
‘Deeply misleading’ NZ covid-19 leaflets cause distress to at-risk resident
By Katie Doyle, RNZ News reporter
A Christchurch woman is furious a flyer from the New Zealand disinformation group Voices For Freedom ended up in...
NFP leader Prasad warns against Fiji ‘catastrophe’ by stubborn government
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The leader of Fiji's opposition National Federation Party has condemned the government’s strategy for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic as having...
Fiji disaster unfolds as nation breaks daily covid record with 94...
By Barbara Dreaver, 1 NEWS Pacific correspondent
A disaster is unfolding in Fiji as covid-19 cases continue to escalate - 94 cases in the last...
51 new covid cases confirmed in Fiji with fast-growing Nadi cluster
RNZ Pacific
Fifty-one cases of covid-19 have been confirmed in Fiji tonight, with 35 of them from the fastest-growing cluster at Nadi.
This takes the total...
Five police officers among 39 new covid cases in Fiji as...
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
Five police officers are among 39 new cases of covid-19 in Fiji while the government announced late...
Fiji frontline healthcare workers can’t stay home, says Dr Sahukhan
By Koroi Tadulala, FBC News multimedia journalist
Fiji's Ministry of Health says it is aware of concerns about the high number of frontline healthcare workers...
Fiji reports record 94 cases, state sending positive patients home
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
A new daily record of covid-19 cases has been announced in Fiji as 94 new cases in...
Leading NZ newspaper warns nation against complacency over covid
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
New Zealand's leading daily newspaper has warned the country against complacency over the covid-19 pandemic and to look to Fiji for...
Fiji’s government goes quiet as covid crisis spirals out of control
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist
Calls for more action from the Fiji government are growing louder, as authorities appear to be losing their grip...
Fiji records 83 covid cases in highest total as Suva hospital...
RNZ Pacific
Fiji recorded 83 cases of covid-19 on yesterday -- its highest daily figure yet, as authorities moved to cordon off the country's largest...
Cook Islands detects first positive covid-19 case – man on holiday
By the Cook Islands News
A Cook Islands man who has been on holiday in Rarotonga since May 21, 2021, has tested positive for covid-19,...
Three senior Fiji Ministry of Health staff contract covid-19 – 35...
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
Three senior members of Fiji's Ministry of Health have tested positive for covid-19, taking Friday's total new...