Tag: Delta variant
Health specialists warn against mutating delta variant in Fiji
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist
A new vaccine may be needed if the delta variant of covid-19, which is currently in Fiji, continues to...
Delta variant taking hold of Papuan region amid Indonesian covid crisis
By Agustinus Beo Da Costa
Hospitals in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua are nearing full capacity amid a surge in covid-19 cases, with health officials...
Covid delta strain reaches PNG via cargo ship from Indonesia
By Godwin Eki in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea has been hit with a positive delta variant case of covid-19 for the first time, Deputy...
Why is Delta such a worry? It’s more infectious, probably causes...
ANALYSIS: By Michael Toole, Burnet Institute
While Australians may be focused on the havoc the Delta variant is wreaking on our shores, Delta is in...
Fiji suffers 5 more deaths, 404 new cases in covid crisis
RNZ Pacific
Fiji has recorded another 404 new cases of covid-19 and five deaths in the 24 hours to 8am on Friday.
Most of the new...
NZ has managed to dodge the covid-19 bullet, again. Here’s why
ANALYSIS: By Arindam Basu, University of Canterbury
New Zealand has avoided community transmission, even though an Australian visitor tested positive for the delta variant which...
PNG, Fiji situation ‘going backwards’ over covid, warns NZ health expert
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist
Papua New Guinea and Fiji are among several countries in the region going backwards in their fight against the...
