Tag: Coronavirus
Coronavirus: NZ local councillor ‘bombarded’ with racist messages
By RNZ News
A New Zealand district councillor says he has been bombarded with racist messages since he spoke out about racism towards Asian people...
Coronavirus: NZ homestays reject Chinese students over virus fears
By RNZ News
Some Chinese students are being rejected by their homestays in New Zealand over fears about the deadly coronavirus.
Infections from the novel coronavirus...
Coronavirus: Pacific Islands ‘fighting a war’ on epidemics
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...
NZ coronavirus evacuees from Wuhan to be quarantined at unknown location
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...
Our biggest enemy amid the Wuhan virus outbreak – panic
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:...
PNG shuts down Indonesian border post over coronavirus
By Stanley Ove Jnr in Port Moresby
The PNG Immigration and Citizenship Authority (PNGICA) has ordered a temporary shutdown of the Wutung border post with...
Why we may have lost battle against China’s coronavirus
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...
NZ investigates person who died after travelling to China for coronavirus
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...
Wuhan coronavirus: Unconfirmed reports of infected person in NZ
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.
RNZ...
First Australian coronavirus case confirmed – 41 now dead in China
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...