Tag: Public health and safety

By Ivany Atina Arbi in Jakarta Indonesia saw a one-day record of 4465 new covid-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases...

By Michael Field French Polynesian authorities are conceding the Pacific territory of 280,000 people will probably have 100,000 cases of covid-19 by the end of...

ANALYSIS: By The Conversation Prime Minister and Labour leader Jacinda Ardern and National Party leader Judith Collins met tonight for the first televised debate of...

By RNZ News New Zealand's Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield announced no new cases of covid-19 yesterday. It was also revealed that Auckland is set...

The project video - read the linked story. By Sri Krishnamurthi of the Pacific Media Centre Climate change action has been "shelved" for the moment in...

By RNZ News Two new community cases revealed today in New Zealand are connected to a returnee who tested positive for covid-19 after completing the...

By RNZ News New Zealand today reported one new community case of covid-19 - the first in five days. There was no media conference today. In...

France 24 Focus report on the Chinese citizen journalists still missing after investigating Covid-19 in Wuhan. By France 24 Since coming to power in 2012, Chinese...

By RNZ News New Zealand reported no new cases of covid-19 today - for the first time since early August. There was no media conference today....

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A woman has died of the covid-19 coronavirus in Papua New Guinea, becoming the sixth fatality from the deadly virus in...

By RNZ News Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says people in the city are, by and large, following the rules and prosecution shouldn't be ruled out...

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Flaws in Papua New Guinea's public health system and the medicine supply chain are because of poor management in...

By RNZ Pacific French Polynesia has recorded another 47 covid-19 cases, raising the tally to 820. Health officials report that 758 of them were recorded since...

By Charlotte Cook, RNZ News journalist New Zealand health authorities have reported a surge in the number of people returning to the country from India...

TRIBUTE: Dr Collin Tukuitonga farewells his mentor, Dr Joe Williams, who died on Friday night after a battle with covid-19.  I have a lot for...

By Rashneel Kumar in Avarua Former Cook Islands Prime Minister Dr Joe Williams died last night after a battle with coronavirus. He was 82. Dr Williams,...

By RNZ News A man in his 50s linked to the Auckland cluster of covid-19 coronavirus infections has died at Middlemore Hospital today - New...

By Sri Krishnamurthi, reporting for the Pacific Media Centre Six years on from being appointed head of the Pacific Community, Director-General Collin Tukuitonga, a boy...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Catholic professionals group has filed an application in Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court to intervene in last month's challenge on...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby It is illegal for any Papua New Guinean police officer to demand spot fines from people not wearing face...

By RNZ Pacific French Polynesian unions say they will hold a general strike this Thursday unless covid-19 measures are tightened. Five unions jointly issued the warning...

By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the New Zealand alert level system is designed to work when there are active cases at lower...