Tag: Pandemic
Marape urges PNG public to take vaccine as doses expiry looms
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape is appealing to people to take the covid-19 vaccine before doses expire.
This comes as the number...
105 more covid cases in Fiji – 98 linked to existing...
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
Fiji's Health Ministry has announced 105 new covid-19 cases as the pandemic crisis worsens.
Health Secretary Dr James Fong said 98...
‘Deeply misleading’ NZ covid-19 leaflets cause distress to at-risk resident
By Katie Doyle, RNZ News reporter
A Christchurch woman is furious a flyer from the New Zealand disinformation group Voices For Freedom ended up in...
NFP leader Prasad warns against Fiji ‘catastrophe’ by stubborn government
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The leader of Fiji's opposition National Federation Party has condemned the government’s strategy for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic as having...
Fiji disaster unfolds as nation breaks daily covid record with 94...
By Barbara Dreaver, 1 NEWS Pacific correspondent
A disaster is unfolding in Fiji as covid-19 cases continue to escalate - 94 cases in the last...
51 new covid cases confirmed in Fiji with fast-growing Nadi cluster
RNZ Pacific
Fifty-one cases of covid-19 have been confirmed in Fiji tonight, with 35 of them from the fastest-growing cluster at Nadi.
This takes the total...
Five police officers among 39 new covid cases in Fiji as...
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
Five police officers are among 39 new cases of covid-19 in Fiji while the government announced late...
Fiji frontline healthcare workers can’t stay home, says Dr Sahukhan
By Koroi Tadulala, FBC News multimedia journalist
Fiji's Ministry of Health says it is aware of concerns about the high number of frontline healthcare workers...
Fiji reports record 94 cases, state sending positive patients home
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
A new daily record of covid-19 cases has been announced in Fiji as 94 new cases in...
Leading NZ newspaper warns nation against complacency over covid
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
New Zealand's leading daily newspaper has warned the country against complacency over the covid-19 pandemic and to look to Fiji for...
Fiji’s government goes quiet as covid crisis spirals out of control
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist
Calls for more action from the Fiji government are growing louder, as authorities appear to be losing their grip...
Fiji records 83 covid cases in highest total as Suva hospital...
RNZ Pacific
Fiji recorded 83 cases of covid-19 on yesterday -- its highest daily figure yet, as authorities moved to cordon off the country's largest...
Cook Islands detects first positive covid-19 case – man on holiday
By the Cook Islands News
A Cook Islands man who has been on holiday in Rarotonga since May 21, 2021, has tested positive for covid-19,...
Three senior Fiji Ministry of Health staff contract covid-19 – 35...
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
Three senior members of Fiji's Ministry of Health have tested positive for covid-19, taking Friday's total new...
‘Don’t blame us,’ says military chief over Fiji’s covid surge
RNZ Pacific
The head of the Fiji's defence force has rejected claims by opposition MPs in Parliament this week and has called for an apology...
Fiji’s covid navy cluster still rises as nation records 28 new...
RNZ Pacific
Fijian authorities have confirmed 28 new cases of Covid-19, taking the total number of active cases to 349.
The Ministry of Health said last...
The Fiji Times: Maintaining physical distancing
EDITORIAL: The Fiji Times
As the number of Fiji's covid-19 positive cases continues to rise, there is obvious discomfort and great concern among many Fijians.
This...
Fiji’s Navy — a clear and present covid danger to Fiji
By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom
Fiji stands on the edge of covid-19 disaster because some 50 navy officers blatantly broke quarantine rules to...
The Fiji Times: A warning – funerals are the common exposure...
COMMENT: By Fred Wesley, editor-in-chief, The Fiji Times
Bula.
The big announcement last night must be a very firm reminder for us all in Fiji about...
Fiji records 46 fresh covid cases – highest recorded in a...
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
Forty six people from Fiji's central division where the capital Suva is located, have covid-19 taking the...
Covid-19: Timor-Leste registers 172 more cases – tops 5000 barrier
By Antonio Sampaio in Dili
Timor-Leste today registered 172 more cases of covid-19 infection with the majority in Dili - passing the barrier of 5000...
Fiji records second covid outbreak death – 4 new cases include...
By Timoci Vula in Suva
Fiji has recorded its second death from the current outbreak of covid-19 while reporting four more new positive cases -...