Tag: covid-19

By Michelle Steven in Port Moresby Pacific New Guinea's National Capital City Covid-19 Task Force team is preparing ahead should there be a possible coronavirus...

By RNZ News As the number of Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic cases in New Zealand increases, daily demand for protective clothing for medical workers has come...

IN-DEPTH: By Kate Newton of RNZ News A week ago, Shaun Hendy packed up a desktop computer and monitor at his University of Auckland office...

By Philip Cass Tonga will go into lockdown at 1am on Sunday morning, March 29. There will also be a night time curfew from 8pm to...

OPINION: By Antonio Sampaio in Dili The Timor-Leste authorities have to improve significantly the conditions in which journalists are working to cover the Covid-19 coronavirus...

By RNZ Pacific More Covid-19 pandemic cases have been confirmed in the Pacific, taking the total of infected people to at least 172, with several...

By Barbara Dreaver As of today, there are more than 70 coronavirus cases around the the Pacific Islands as Covid-19 sweeps the globe. Fiji has announced...

ANALYSIS: By Anna Powles and Jose Sousa-Santos of Massey University At the time of writing, there are 63 reported cases of COVID-19 in the Pacific. This...

Pacific Media Watch The Fiji government has banned the vice-chancellor of the University of Fiji from the country, reports Fiji TV News. The Immigration Department reportedly...

By RNZ Pacific New Caledonia has recorded a further two Covid-19 cases, bringing its total to nine. Few details have been released but a government spokesperson...

By Bob Howarth The Timor-Leste Press Council directors have called a media conference to announce that one of the country's five newspapers, Jornal Independente, is...

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...

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...

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...