Tag: Pandemic
CNN Philippines temporarily goes off air as broadcast building disinfected
Pacific Media Watch
CNN Philippines temporarily stopped broadcasting today after another tenant of the building in the capital Manila where it is located confirmed a...
Military put on alert as PNG announces further restrictions
By Scott Waide in Lae
The Papua New Guinea Defence Force has been put on alert as Health Minister Jelta Wong formally declared the Covid-19...
Lack of confidence in US leadership adds to coronavirus panic
ANALYSIS: By Tony Walker of La Trobe University
When the Federal Reserve cut interest rates to the bone this week, this represented the most decisive...
Coronavirus: Air Tahiti Nui reroutes flights to France via Caribbean
By RNZ Pacific
Air Tahiti Nui has decided to reroute its flights to France via the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe.
The change was announced after...
Pacific borders tightened further in bid to keep out coronavirus
By RNZ Pacific
Pacific countries have further tightened border measures to try to keep the coronavirus from gaining a foothold in the islands.
Six cases of...
New travel restrictions in force in NZ, chaos at airports in...
By RNZ News
Health officials have ramped up their presence at airports in New Zealand as tougher travel restrictions came into force today.
From 1am today...
Some travellers trying to beat NZ’s coronavirus deadline turned away
By RNZ News
Some travellers trying to beat the New Zealand deadline early today for self-isolations to prevent the Covid-19 coronavirus spreading have been turned...
Philippines coronavirus rise to 140, with 11 deaths – Manila in...
By Rappler
The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed 29 new cases of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus in the country today - bringing the...
Scientists call for media sobriety amid Covid-19 fake news ‘infodemic’
By Dr Crispin Maslog in Manila
As fake news on Covid-19 spreads faster than the virus, scientists call for a halt to the "infodemic".
As China...
5th NZ coronavirus case: Community spread ‘inevitable’, says professor
By RNZ News
A public health professor says the World Health Organisation's failure to declare Covid-19 a pandemic is giving New Zealanders a false sense...
NZ pledges $1m for WHO in coronavirus support to Pacific
Pacific Media Watch
New Zealand is providing NZ$1 million to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Suva, Fiji, to support its Pacific Action Plan for...
Panic-buying hits headlines after first NZ coronavirus case
By Colin Peacock of RNZ Mediawatch
Authorities and the media alike knew it was just a matter of time before New Zealand had its first...
Our biggest enemy amid the Wuhan virus outbreak – panic
Rappler editorial
It’s not the virus. It’s not the Chinese flying into the Philippines. Our biggest enemy amid the Wuhan crisis is panic.
Here's the situation:...
Why we may have lost battle against China’s coronavirus
By Andrio Adiwibowo in Jakarta
After beating the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) epidemics in the past, we may...