Tag: Public health and safety

RNZ News Eighty community cases of covid-19 were reported in New Zealand today - 77 in Auckland, two in Waikato and one in Northland. There were...

RNZ Pacific With most of its eligible adult population covered, Fiji's covid-19 vaccine rollout for teenagers is gaining pace. The Health Ministry said 28,965 children aged...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s biggest referral hospital has reached a crisis point as the covid-19 pandemic positivity rate surged drastically...

Episode 1 one of the Let's Talanoa series - "Know Your Vax". Asia Pacific Report newsdesk New Zealand reported a record 129 new community cases of...

RNZ News The New Zealand government has announced details of its Covid-19 Protection Framework, involving the roll-out of a "traffic-light" system once all district health...

By Gill Bonnett, RNZ News immigration reporter Pacific leaders say offering "visas for vaccinations' would be the ultimate incentive for New Zealand overstayers to get...

RNZ Pacific A Pacific public health expert says a premature transition of covid-19 restrictions in New Zealand could be lethal for Māori and Pasifika communities. The...

RNZ News New Zealand today reported a drop by a third in the number of new community cases of covid-19 to 60 after a record...

RNZ News New Zealand's Associate Health Minister Peeni Henare today thanked all Māori providers, iwi, hapū, practitioners, vaccinators and district health board (DHB) staff for...

RNZ News Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker says his biggest concern is that the spread of the delta variant of covid-19 in New Zealand is an...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Gorethy Kenneth of the PNG Post-Courier in Goroka, Papua New Guinea The flowers outside the building are in full bloom -- green,...

RNZ News The number of covid-19 vaccinations given out during New Zealand's Super Saturday event yesterday has just ticked over the 130,000 mark. In a statement...

ANALYSIS: By Ian Kemish, The University of Queensland Things were looking very bad three months ago for both Papua New Guinea and Fiji. The two...

PNG Post-Courier Half of Papua New Guinea’s parliamentarians are still not vaccinated despite widespread calls from the government, the business community, churches and civil society...

RNZ News Aotearoa New Zealand easily eclipsed the government's "Super Saturday" day-long goal of 100,000 vaccine doses today, with 129,519 doses given out by 8pm...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk More than 120 extra vaccination sites will be open for New Zealand's 'Super Saturday' event tomorrow, with the Ministry of Health...

RNZ News National Māori Pandemic Group Te Rōpū Whakakaupapa Urutā co-leader Dr Papaarangi Reid has supported a return to a level 4 lockdown over the...

By Jamie Tahana, RNZ Pacific journalist A coalition of Māori health organisations in Auckland is urging the New Zealand government to return to a covid-19...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby All 252 people reported to have died in Papua New Guinea from the covid-19 pandemic have been unvaccinated, says...

RNZ News The plan for New Zealanders with covid-19 to isolate at home suggests the government believes the spread is wider than had been thought,...

RNZ News More than 6 million vaccine doses have now been given in New Zealand, with the vast majority of those who have caught covid-19...

RNZ Pacific The New Caledonian government has asked the French army to help deal with the covid-19 outbreak as the territory's medical services are stretched. Almost...