Tag: Pandemic
‘Crisis within a crisis’: Violence more risky for Fiji women than...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sheldon Chanel in Suva
Much of archipelagic Fiji was forced indoors by lockdowns and a nationwide curfew in March last year when...
PNG struggles to gauge extent of covid in country – 7...
By RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinean health authorities are struggling to gauge the extent of the country's latest covid-19 outbreak.
More than 100 new confirmed cases...
Spate of PNG covid-19 cases include national pandemic chief
By RNZ News
Papua New Guinea's covid-19 cases have jumped to more than 1000, including the National Pandemic Controller and members of his family.
Eight new...
Facebook has pulled the trigger on news content — and possibly...
ANALYSIS: By Diana Bossio, Swinburne University of Technology
Facebook this week made good on its threat to block Australians from accessing or posting news content....
Why more contagious variants are emerging now, more than a year...
ANALYSIS: By David Welch, University of Auckland; Jemma Geoghegan, University of Otago; Joep de Ligt, ESR, and Nigel French, Massey University
New variants of SARS-CoV-2...
Papatoetoe High students line up for pop-up tests in NZ covid...
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent
Nervous Papatoetoe High School students were lining up today in big numbers to get tested, saying they want...
NZ’s covid-19 community cases: Source of infection ‘big unknown’
By RNZ News
The exact source of Auckland community cases of covid-19 in the latest New Zealand outbreak is the "big unknown" and there could...
Indonesian doctors challenge Jokowi’s claim pandemic is ‘under control’
By Ihsanuddin in Jakarta
Jakarta Indonesian Doctor's Association (IDI) chairperson Slamet Budiarto has challenged a statement by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo who has claimed that...
French Polynesia closing borders to tourists from Wednesday
By RNZ Pacific
Tourism is set to suffer a sharp decline in French Polynesia as the territory is about to close the border on Wednesday...
Hipkins denies NZ’s MIQ standards slipping after covid cases, illicit rendevous
By Katie Todd, RNZ News reporter
A wine delivery, a note penned on the back of a facemask and a 20-minute bedroom "encounter" have spelled...
‘Impose stricter quarantine measures’, epidemiologist tells NZ
By RNZ News
The New Zealand government should impose a week-long home quarantine for returnees after they have left managed isolation facilities to reduce the...
NZ’s two new covid cases linked to South African strain in...
By RNZ News
The two new cases of covid-19 confirmed yesterday in New Zealand are the South African variant and initial results show they are...
Papua New Guineans defy national mask-wearing rules in spite of covid
By Lulu Mark in Port Moresby
In spite of Papua New Guinea's mandatory mask-wearing requirement under the National Pandemic Act 2020, many public servants attending...
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,...
Jokowi prioritised business interests at expense of jobs and lives, says...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticised the Indonesian government of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo for its weak health response to covid-19...
Expatriate in PNG tests positive with covid and admitted to private...
By The National in Port Moresby
An expatriate who tested positive for the covid-19 coronavirus last week has been admitted to a private hospital in...
Fijian health worker receives two covid vaccine shots and supports their...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
After receiving two shots of the covid-19 Pfizer vaccine, former Fijian resident Usaia Masuwale believes the vaccine is safe and says...
One-way Cook Islands travel bubble to NZ to begin next week
By RNZ Pacific
Passengers from the Cook Islands will resume quarantine-free travel into New Zealand from next week, the two governments have confirmed.
NZ Prime Minister...
Iwi Chairs forum urges covid cap on NZ-bound travel, faster vaccine...
By Te Aorewa Rolleston, RNZ News Te Ao Māori affairs
The National iwi chairs forum has put forward six recommendations to the New Zealand government...
With covid-19 mutating and surging, NZ urgently needs to tighten border...
ANALYSIS: By Nick Wilson, University of Otago and Michael Baker, University of Otago
The global covid-19 pandemic is intensifying, with more infectious variants of the...
NZ’s latest covid measures branded as both too strong and too...
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News deputy political editor
The New Zealand government is feeling the pressure from all sides on covid-19 with critics calling the...
Tahiti’s covid-19 death tally rises to 122 – 17,000 plus cases
By RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia has recorded another covid-19 death, raising the pandemic's tally to 122.
There are 46 people with covid-19 in hospital, 21 of...