Tag: Pacific health

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...

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific deputy news editor Experts are warning that development gains across the Pacific region over the past 10 years could be...

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 Rita Peki in Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea Two deaths with two patients in critical condition is the status at one of Papua New...

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...

COMMENTARY: By Glen Johnson On August 17, a 58-year-old man from Auckland became symptomatic and tested positive for covid-19. It was New Zealand’s first community...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk French High Commissioner Patrice Faure in New Caledonia has declared an eight hour curfew for 15 days from tonight as health...

By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea has dispatched a team of government officials to investigate a covid-19 delta variant threat in its...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTING: By Justin Latif, Local Democracy Reporter One of the positive cases from New Zealand's Assemblies of God Church of Samoa cluster has...

RNZ Pacific The New Caledonian government has appealed to all medical and paramedical staff, including veterinarians, to help in the fight against covid-19. Sixty-six cases have...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk New Caledonia has declared all schools in the Southern province closed for two weeks from tomorrow after health authorities reported at...

By Rohit Deo in Suva Fiji health authorities report that there are currently 204 covid-19 patients admitted at the country's hospitals. According to the Ministry of...

RNZ Pacific Pacific health providers say a major New Zealand government funding boost is not just a recognition of the critical role they play in...

RNZ Pacific Eight more people have died from covid-19 in Fiji, taking the death toll past 500. The Fiji government also confirmed 290 new cases for...

RNZ Pacific New Zealand has 82 new community cases of covid-19 today, the Ministry of Health has confirmed. There was no media conference from the government...

By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist The government-designed vaccination rollout in New Zealand has not mobilised Pacific communities to respond safely and effectively, the Pacific...

RNZ News New Zealand reports there are 41 new cases of covid-19 in the community today, a day after the country's lockdown was extended. This is...

RNZ Pacific New Zealand health officials are concerned about a cluster of covid-19 cases linked to a Pacific church in Auckland's Māngere suburb. The Ministry of...

By Sarah Robson, RNZ News social issues reporter A Pacific health and social service provider in Auckland fears the city's fifth lockdown will push families...

RNZ News An Auckland University of Technology (AUT) student who was at a lecture yesterday is among the 10 new cases of covid-19 reported in...

Cook Islands News Cook Islands has suspended the travel bubble with New Zealand after NZ officials reported new covid-19 community cases in Auckland. Four new community...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva Two days after President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Mā’ohi Nui last month, where the French leader urged the local population...