Tag: Public health
Two new confirmed cases of covid-19 reported in New Zealand
By RNZ News
New Zealand has reported another two new confirmed cases of covid-19 in the global coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of Health has revealed.
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Two new coronavirus cases in New Zealand – one further death
By RNZ News
New Zealand has reported two new cases of covid-19 in the coronavirus pandemic in the past 24 hours and one further death,...
Stranded New Zealanders still hope for India flights – two new...
By RNZ Pacific
New Zealanders left behind in India are asking for additional repatriation flights to evacuate them, after the government did not have enough...
WHO’s exclusion of Taiwan endangers global coronavirus fight, says Palau
By Bernadette Carreon, RNZ Pacific Palau correspondent
Palau's President says the World Health Organisation's neglect of Taiwan has endangered, not only Taiwanese, but people everywhere.
In...
Six new NZ coronavirus cases and one further death reported
By RNZ News
New Zealand has reported six new cases of covid-19 today - double the number yesterday - and one further death in the...
Jobless immigrants face exploitation, poverty due to virus, says NZ adviser
By RNZ News
An immigration consultant is warning an entrenched underclass of unlawful workers will emerge unless the government provides emergency benefits to unemployed immigrants.
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NZ’s coronavirus response ‘one of the strongest’, says WHO
By Max Towle, Worldwatch reporter of RNZ News
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says New Zealand has been world-leading in its response to the covid-19...
Governments knew a pandemic was a threat – why were they...
By Chris Tyler of UCL and Peter Gluckman of Koi Tū
Most people think or at least hope their government is doing a good job...
‘If you don’t want to die, don’t come to Papua’, warns...
By Gemma Holliani Cahya in Jakarta
When the first covid-19 coronavirus pandemic cases were detected in Indonesia, one doctor at least knew right away that...
NZ hailed for ‘winning battle’ over covid-19 – but the war...
By Jo Moir, political reporter of RNZ News
New Zealand's Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has had to walk back comments made by...
High Indonesian smoking rate factor in highest coronavirus death rate
By Natasia Christy Wahyuni in Jakarta
Indonesia currently has the highest covid-19 coronavirus mortality rate in Asia - between 8–9 percent - owing to its...
Long queues for takeaways as many NZers return to work after...
By RNZ News
Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders are returning to work today under eased level 3 restrictions - and some are queuing in...
NZ lockdown – day 33: One new case, but one further...
New Zealand has just one new confirmed case of covid-19 coronavirus, and four new probable cases, the Health Ministry has revealed. But Director-General of...
Off-label drugs may now be used in Philippines coronavirus trials
Pacific Media Centre
Off-label drugs may now be used in clinical trials in the Philippines to test possible cures for the coronavirus, pandemic, the Department...
NZ lockdown – day 32: Nine more cases, no new deaths
By RNZ News
New Zealand has identified another nine cases of the covid-19 coronavirus, but no new deaths.
The new cases include four confirmed and five...
TAPOL denounces sentences handed to Jakarta Six, calls for their release
Pacific Media Watch
The Indonesian human rights advocacy group TAPOL has denounced the sentencing by the district court of Central Jakarta which found six political...
NZ lockdown – day 30: Five new cases of coronavirus, one...
By RNZ News
Five new cases of covid-19 have been reported in New Zealand in the past 24 hours, with one more death linked to...
NZ lockdown – day 29: Three new cases, two further deaths...
By RNZ News
Three new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in New Zealand in the past 24 hours, with the Health Ministry also confirming...
Virus stress raises Pasifika community worries on illnesses, domestic violence
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of the Pacific Media Watch
When Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced extending the New Zealand lockdown to past ANZAC weekend,...
Three recover from Covid-19 in Fiji, PM urges follow restrictions
By Josefa Babitu in Suva
As Fiji continues to battle the novel coronavirus outbreak, good news has emerged as three Fijians who contracted the virus...
NZ lockdown – day 27: More mercy flights on way –...
Stunning drone footage taken in Auckland and Wellington during level 4 lockdown shows few vehicles and an absence of pedestrians in New Zealand's main...
Delight, relief and caution: Six experts on NZ’s move to ease...
ANALYSIS: By Dougal Sutherland, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Arindam Basu, University of Canterbury; Malcolm Campbell, University of Canterbury; Martin Berka,...