Tag: Pandemic

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A Pasifika local government politician in New Zealand, the first from Kiribati to be elected to political office, has appealed to...

RNZ News Covid-19 numbers dropped slightly today to 20 new community cases, while Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a deal with Denmark to bring 500,000...

RNZ News New Zealand has reported 23 new cases of covid-19 in the community today, more than double the amount reported yesterday. There was no media...

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 New Caledonia has recorded its first death of the Covid-19 pandemic. The fatality was announced by territorial President Louis Mapou today in a televised...

RNZ News New Zealand health officials are investigating a mystery case of covid-19 who spent time in hospital and interacted with seven police officers before...

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 A person tested positive for covid-19 today at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital emergency department after turning up for an unrelated issue, the...

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...

By Edwin Nand in Suva A four-month-old baby boy has died from covid-19 in Fiji. Health Secretary Dr James Fong has confirmed the child was admitted...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A Māori political leader has branded opposition neoliberal ACT leader David Seymour's act this week undermining an indigenous response to New...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Fiji celebrated Constitution Day today virtually due to the ongoing civid-19 pandemic crisis, but many see the day as a hollow...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTING: By Moana Ellis, Local Democracy Reporter The national strategy of vaccinating against covid-19 through general and mass events is not working for...

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia has detected three cases of Covid-19 in the community and ordered a two-week lockdown from midday today. The three cases are not...

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...

RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced New Zealand, outside of Auckland, will move to alert level 2 from 11.59pm Tuesday, September 7. Delta alert...

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 News New Zealand reported 20 new community cases of covid-19 today, according to the Ministry of Health. Speaking at today's government briefing, Director-General of Health...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Papua New Guinean chief executives believe the country's entire workforce needs to be vaccinated against covid-19 to be fully productive, says...

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 News A man with covid-19 who allegedly escaped an Auckland MIQ facility today has been charged with breaking lockdown rules and has been bailed...

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...