Tag: Public health and safety

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...

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...

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...

By David Robie in Auckland Bananas, balaclavas and banners … these were stock-in-trade for human rights activists of the New Zealand-based Coalition for Democracy in...

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...

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...

RNZ Pacific Ten percent of Papua New Guineans confirmed to have been infected with covid-19 are health workers, while the death toll from the pandemic...

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...

RNZ Pacific The chair of the board of French Polynesia's social security agency CPS has called on the French state to pay for the medical...

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 -...

By Talebula Kate in Suva Given the rapidly rising number of contacts stemming from new Fiji cases of covid-19 in the Suva-Nausori area, a full...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Fijians have been advised to remain calm as "ample notice" will be given should a situation in Fiji warrant a total...

By Antonio Sampaio in Dili The Timor-Leste health authorities have registered a total of 126 new infections with SARS-CoV-2 in the last 24 hours, almost...

ANALYSIS: By Adam Taylor, Griffith University A covid-19 vaccine from French company Valneva has yet to complete clinical trials. But it has caught the eye...

By Timoci Vula in Suva Fiji has today reported seven new cases of covid-19 and all are locally transmitted cases. These were confirmed after 1349...

By Timoci Vula in Lautoka, Fiji Fiji's Lautoka Hospital is now closed to members of the public after a new positive case announced last night...

By Talebula Kate in Suva Fiji has reported no new case of coronavirus infection after the screening of 7560 Fijians and 1212 tests conducted by...

By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Fiji's government has taken the most drastic measures since covid-19 hit the country in March last year. Most of...

RNZ Pacific One of Fiji's latest two cases of covid-19 remains a concern for health authorities. The Health Ministry said a 53-year-old caretaker from the town...

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape has defended the adjournment of Parliament for four months, saying this is...

By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent New Zealand is scrapping district health boards and creating a new Māori health agency in a radical "fairer...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Fiji Health Ministry’s Permanent Secretary Dr James Fong says the breach at the quarantine facility in Nadi was an incident waiting...