Tag: Public health
Eight new covid cases at Auckland care home in record 160...
RNZ News
New Zealand has reported eight new covid-19 cases, including seven residents, at an Auckland care home, adding to one announced yesterday.
This was part...
Prepare for potential lockdown over covid case, says Tongan PM
RNZ Pacific
Tonga's Prime Minister is urging people on the main island of Tongatapu to use the weekend to prepare for a potential lockdown next...
125 new NZ covid cases in community – two in Christchurch
RNZ News
New Zealand has reported 125 new covid-19 cases in the community today -- including two new cases in Christchurch, the Ministry of Health...
Stays in MIQ to be halved under NZ’s new system –...
RNZ News
The New Zealand government revealed changes to MIQ (managed isolation and quarantine) today, with stays halving from 14 to seven days, followed by...
As Asia ‘lives with covid-19’, media may need to be less...
ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Sydney
Indonesia’s popular tourism islands of Bali opened for tourism last week, while Thailand announced that from November 1 vaccinated...
Port Moresby backs off ‘total’ lockdown in city, says Governor Parkop
By Grace Auka-Salmang in Port Moresby
National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has announced that there will not be a total lockdown of Port Moresby.
He...
NZ to mandate covid vaccination for workplaces requiring entry certificates
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today announced vaccination will be mandated in any workplace that requires a certificate of vaccination for entry.
Last...
79 new community covid cases in NZ – 75 in...
RNZ News
New Zealand has reported 79 new community cases of covid-19 today.
Of the new cases, 75 are in Auckland and four are in Waikato....
Two covid cases arrive from New Caledonia at border in Vanuatu
RNZ Pacific
The Vanuatu covid task force has confirmed that two arrivals from New Caleldonia have covid-19.
But the organisation says Vanuatu remains free of any...
NZ reports 109 new community covid cases – another rise
RNZ News
New Zealand reported 109 community cases of covid-19 today.
Of the new cases 103 are in Auckland, four are in Waikato and there are...
NZ reports 80 community covid cases – a drop over previous...
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...
Fiji vaccination of teens going strong after adult rollout success
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...
PNG’s capital Port Moresby reaches crisis point over covid surge
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...
129 new covid cases in NZ community – Pacific talanoa series...
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...
NZ government unveals its ‘traffic light’ covid-19 protection framework
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...
Vax for visas: ‘Overstayers would come out of woodwork’, say Pacific...
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...
Early easing of covid restrictions ‘could be lethal for Māori/Pasifika’
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...
NZ reports 60 new community covid cases – three positives ‘escape’...
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...
‘Covid-19 is on the doorstep of your houses,’ warns Henare...
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...
Risk of ‘unequal outbreak’ hurting Māori, Pasifika, says top NZ epidemiologist
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Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker says his biggest concern is that the spread of the delta variant of covid-19 in New Zealand is an...
‘Ground Zero’ in Goroka where the gloom of death hangs in...
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,...
Super Saturday vaccine dose numbers rise to 130,002 – 51 new...
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...