Tag: Covid deaths

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s biggest referral hospital has reached a crisis point as the covid-19 pandemic positivity rate surged drastically...

RNZ Pacific A Pacific public health expert says a premature transition of covid-19 restrictions in New Zealand could be lethal for Māori and Pasifika communities. The...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Gorethy Kenneth of the PNG Post-Courier in Goroka, Papua New Guinea The flowers outside the building are in full bloom -- green,...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby All 252 people reported to have died in Papua New Guinea from the covid-19 pandemic have been unvaccinated, says...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Fiji's opposition National Federation Party has blamed 1150 pandemic deaths on the Bainimarama government’s "shameful and despicable" ego-driven leadership. “Stop bragging and...

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia recorded 16 covid-19 deaths yesterday -- the highest single day total since the delta strain of the virus arrived in the...

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia has recorded its first death of the Covid-19 pandemic. The fatality was announced by territorial President Louis Mapou today in a televised...

By Edwin Nand in Suva A four-month-old baby boy has died from covid-19 in Fiji. Health Secretary Dr James Fong has confirmed the child was admitted...

RNZ Pacific Fifty percent of Fijians who died from covid-19 were at home at the time of their deaths. The Fiji government said it had noted...

Journalists already under threat of military arrest, jail and torture in Myanmar are now fronting a covid-19 national crisis as the virus rips through...

RNZ Pacific Fifteen more deaths, including that of a 102-year-old woman, and 918 positive cases have been confirmed by Fijian health officials in the 24...

By Timoci Vula in Suva Two Fijian pregnant women are among the 21 covid-19 deaths reported within a seven-day period from July 14. Their babies, however,...

By Josefa Babitu in Suva Fiji has recorded 1220 new cases of covid-19 as at 8am today -- the highest daily record so far --...

RNZ Pacific The Fiji government's response to the covid-19 pandemic outbreak is an utter failure, but it is not too late to follow New Zealand's...

By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Three more people with covid-19 have died in Fiji in the last 24 hours -- one of...

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...