Tag: Health emergency
NZ medical specialist describes ‘a health system overwhelmed’
RNZ Checkpoint
A New Zealand emergency medical specialist has written about their experience working at an Auckland hospital, issuing a warning ahead of yesterday's Auckland...
France declares covid-19 emergency in New Caledonia as cases surge to...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
France has declared a health emergency in New Caledonia after covid-19 was detected in the community, RNZ Pacific reports.
The state of...
Helen Clark-led covid-19 review panel calls for ‘global reset’ over pandemic
By RNZ News
An independent panel says Chinese officials could have applied public health measures more forcefully in January to curb the initial covid-19 outbreak,...
Port Moresby emergency ward chaos as medics refuse untested patients
By Adelaide Sirox Kari in Port Moresby
As Papua New Guinea's capital continues to record an increase in covid-19 cases, with seven new positive cases...
PNG media suffers ‘overwhelming deference’, says freedom report
The Samoa Observer media freedom video, Journalism Without Fear or Favour.
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch
Papua New Guinea's two daily newspapers...
Spike in PNG coronavirus cases expected this month
A clip from the SOE Controller's media conference. Video: EMTV News
By EMTV News
Papua New Guinea expects a spike of covid-19 cases this month -...
Duterte rejects Metro Manila coronavirus lockdown for now
By Sofia Tomacruz in Manila
President Rodrigo Duterte has rejected calls to place Metro Manila on lockdown after health officials recorded a spike in Covid-19...
A weeping mum from PNG and her long walk for a...
By Sally Lloyd as told to Scott Waide in Lae
A few days ago, I asked Sally Lloyd about the picture she posted on Facebook...
Australian doctors to be flown into PNG’s quake-stricken areas
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says 20 helicopters have now been deployed on Papua New Guinea's disaster relief operations. Video: EMTV News
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Australian...
UN human rights chief to send mission to investigate abuses in...
By Sheany in Jakarta
The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights plans to send a mission to Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua following reports...
Asian rights body calls for more action by Jakarta over Papuan...
Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen was given exclusive access to report on the measles outbreak from Asatat, in Indonesia's Papua province.
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Asian...