Tag: Pacific health
Don’t rely on Facebook for accurate vaccine info, says PNG leader
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister has warned citizens against relying on information on Facebook to guide their approach to vaccines.
James Marape was speaking...
West Sepik administration fumes over handling of Papua border crossers
By Jeffrey Elapa in Vanimo, PNG
The West Sepik administration is not happy with the way illegal border crossers are being handled by the Indonesian...
PNG on ‘verge of covid red zone’, warns deputy pandemic chief
By Clifford Faiparik in Port Moresby
Eleven new covid-19 coronavirus deaths were reported in Papua New Guinea on Friday and Saturday, raising the country’s death...
PNG military police help out with covid-19 awareness campaign
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby
Thirty Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldiers are working with other security personnel and the NCD covid-19 team to...
NZ plans Cook Islands vaccination campaign, two-way travel bubble
RNZ Pacific
New Zealand expects to open a two-way travel bubble with the Cook Islands in May and is planning a vaccination campaign there.
The leaders...
PNG police chief warns PMVs ‘mask up or face being pulled...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
As the covid-19 coronavirus infections continue to rise seemingly unabated, Papua New Guinea's National Pandemic Response Controller David Manning has acted...
Getting the message through: How are South Aucklanders staying informed about...
Have the New Zealand government’s covid-related messages been getting through to Pacific and non-Pacific ethnic communities in South Auckland? Justin Latif tried to find...
Social media ‘bullshit’ threatens coping with covid-19 outbreak in PNG
By Sue Ahearn, founder of The Pacific Newsroom and former editor, ABC International
A PNG member of Parliament died from covid-19 this week but it...
Wallis and Futuna reports first covid-19 fatality
RNZ Pacific
An 83-year-old woman in Wallis and Futuna has become the first fatality in the French territory's covid-19 outbreak.
Earlier this month, she had been...
Timor-Leste reports big surge in covid – 55 new cases
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Timorese authorities have announced that they have detected a record surge in new covid-19 cases - 55 in one day.
According to...
Australia wants to send 1 million vaccine doses to PNG –...
ANALYSIS: By Tony Heynen, The University of Queensland; Paul Lant, The University of Queensland, and Vigya Sharma, The University of Queensland
Australia’s nearest neighbour, Papua...
Battle to spread truth about covid-19 vaccine in Pacific communities
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist
The race is on to reach Pasifika communities in New Zealand to counter the spread of misinformation about the...
Port Moresby hospital emergency chief explains tragic oxygen death
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Papua New Guinea's main hospital emergency chief has clarified the tragic death of a female patient dying while trying to access...
NZ sends protective gear to PNG to cope with covid crisis
RNZ Pacific
New Zealand is sending personal protective equipment to Papua New Guinea to assist health workers treat a surge in covid-19 cases.
PNG's total number...
Amnesty blasts ‘woeful’ Australia, NZ aid for PNG covid surge, seeks...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Australia and New Zealand - plus other key donors - need to urgently step up and provide assistance to Papuan New...
114 Port Moresby Hospital staff test positive as PNG covid crisis...
By Christine Kildi in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea’s biggest referral hospital in the country, Port Moresby General (PMGH) is seeing a massive increase of...
A catastrophe looms with PNG’s covid crisis. Australia needs to respond...
By Brendan Crabb, Burnet Institute and Leanne Robinson, Burnet Institute
The covid epidemic in Papua New Guinea has significantly accelerated, judging by the available reports...
NZ covid: Calls to dump ‘dangerous’ fringe anti-vaccine magazine
By Katie Doyle of RNZ News
A new anti-vaccine publication with links to the Advance New Zealand fringe political party should be ripped up and...
Government pleads with Fijians to register to vaccinate against covid
By RNZ Pacific
Fijians have been urged to register as the government's covid-19 vaccination campaign got underway this week.
The vaccine rollout started on Wednesday following...
After a year of pain, here’s how the covid-19 pandemic could...
ANALYSIS: By Michael Toole, Burnet Institute
One year ago today, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared covid-19 a pandemic, the first caused by a coronavirus.
As...
PNG health official fears covid spike for Somare state funeral
Asia Pacific Report news desk
East Sepik, preparing for the state funeral of Papua New Guinea's Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, could expect a surge...
PNG warned 680,000 covid vaccine doses needed to ‘save health system’
By Lulu Mark and Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
A medical academic has warned the Papua New Guinea government to immediately bring in more than...