Tag: Vaccine hesitancy
NZ must help Pacific fight vaccine misinformation, says researcher
RNZ Pacific
New Zealand, Australia and other nations in the Pacific need to do more to combat rampant vaccine misinformation in Pacific Island countries, which...
Iwi urge pastor Tamaki to ‘follow science’ in fight against covid-19
RNZ News
An iwi that pastor Brian Tamaki descends from are calling him out to say he is putting Māori communities at risk.
This follows mass...
NZ anti-vax protests, firefighters given vaccine mandate – 125 new cases
RNZ News
Thousands of protesters turned up at New Zealand's Parliament today, demanding an end to covid restrictions, while another group blocked Auckland's northern boundary...
PNG and Fiji were both facing covid catastrophes. Why has one...
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...
Vaccine resistance in West Papua as covid-19 pandemic rages
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist
As with much of Indonesia, the country's easternmost provinces of Papua and West Papua are struggling to contain the...
Fiji GPs chief criticises ‘misconstrued’ video supporting conspiracy theories
By Repeka Nasiko in Lautoka
A video by a Fiji doctor on adverse side effects of the AstraZeneca vaccine has been misconstrued to support conspiracy...
Duterte threatens to jail Filipinos who refuse getting vaccinated
By Pia Ranada in Manila
What is Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's solution to vaccine hesitancy among Filipinos? Threaten them with jail time.
Duterte, in a meeting...
Marape urges PNG public to take vaccine as doses expiry looms
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape is appealing to people to take the covid-19 vaccine before doses expire.
This comes as the number...