Tag: Public health and safety

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...

ANALYSIS: By Crispin Maslog A mad race to produce a vaccine against covid-19 has begun with the world’s superpowers leading the pack. At stake are...

Pacific Media Centre newsdesk Papua New Guinea and French Polynesia have reported sharply rising Pacific statistics in the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. National Pandemic Response Controller David...

By RNZ Pacific Auckland-based Fijian doctor Api Talemaitoga has been made a member of New Zealand's covid-19 Surveillance and Testing Strategy Group. The doctor, who is...

By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ One Pacific correspondent Frontline Pasifika healthcare teams have been given a NZ$19.5 million funding boost in New Zealand as they work...

By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that New Zealand's covid-19 restrictions will continue at their current level until at least 11.59pm on...

By Sela Jane Hopgood, RNZ Pacific journalist More than 22,000 Pacific people have tested for covid-19 in recent weeks, as the community in New Zealand...

By RNZ News NZ Post has stood down staff who worked the day shift at an Auckland parcel processing centre after two positive tests linked...

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby The Papua New Guinea government will not allow the use in the country of any vaccine to treat the...

By Sela Jane Hopgood, RNZ Pacific journalist A call has been made to members of the Pacific community in New Zealand to check on loved...

By RNZ News New Zealand has today reported nine new cases of covid-19 in the community and two in the country's managed isolation and quarantine...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea has reported its fourth covid-19 death with infection cases now reaching 361, reports NBC News. National Coordination Centre (NCC)...

By RNZ Pacific The chair of the Pasifika GP Network is calling on the government to ensure there is a Pacific voice on the new...

By RNZ Pacific Samoa's Director-General of Health says the country remains free of the covid-19 coronavirus so the public should not believe rumours to the...

By Ben Strang, RNZ News Reporter The New Zealand government is being urged to launch an inquiry into its response to the covid-19 pandemic as...

By Jonathan Mitchell, RNZ News journalist New Zealand's Attorney-General David Parker says there has been no decision yet on a possible appeal to the High...

COMMENT: By Teuila Fuatai South Auckland and its communities, specifically Pasifika, are at the centre of New Zealand's current covid-19 cluster. As a result, media coverage,...

By Aileen Kwaragu in Port Moresby Papua New Guinean parents have been assured that everything is being done to ensure the health and safety of...

By RNZ Pacific Plans for spending NZ$5.3 on construction of the Fiji Prime Minister's new office should be diverted to people affected by the covid-19...

By RNZ News New Zealand reported 13 new confirmed cases of covid-19 in the community today and no new cases in managed isolation facilities. Director-General of...