Tag: Vaccine rollout
NZ covid-19 mass vaccination event starts in Auckland – long delays
RNZ News
New Zealand's first mass vaccination event is getting under way in Manukau where 16,000 people are due to receive a covid-19 vaccine in...
Macron launches cyclone shelter project in French Polynesia
RNZ Pacific
France and French Polynesia have agreed to jointly spend US$60 million to build 17 cyclone shelters across the Tuamotu archipelago.
This was announced on...
How Fiji’s Antonio escaped death from ‘normal flu’ that was actually...
By Josefa Babitu in Suva
If it was not for his friend who broke into his home after he was gasping for air, Antonio Ratuvili...
Indonesia records highest increase in covid cases – numbers likely to...
ANALYSIS: By Dicky Budiman, Griffith University
Indonesia is currently experiencing a massive spike in covid-19 infection and deaths, as experts (including myself) have unfortunately been...
Fiji’s Nakorowiri villagers turn up in numbers to be vaccinated
By Serafina Silaitoga in Labasa, Fiji
Villagers and surrounding farmers in Labasa on Fiji's Vanua Levu island turned up in big numbers for the covid-19...
Fiji government ‘useless’, warns Prasad – Ardern touts lockdown benefits
RNZ Pacific
The Fiji government's response to the covid-19 pandemic outbreak is an utter failure, but it is not too late to follow New Zealand's...
Medics arrive in Fiji to help with covid – $10m support...
RNZ Pacific
The New Zealand government is ramping up its support to Fiji, which is in the grips of a covid-19 pandemic crisis.
Another 126 new...
166 more covid cases in Fiji as community spread ‘broadens’
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
Fiji's covid-19 cases continue to escalate as medical authorities have recorded another record breaking 166 new people...
PNG Council of Churches declares support for covid vaccine rollout
RNZ Pacific
The Papua New Guinea Council of Churches (PNGCC) has declared its support for the covid-19 vaccination rollout, following a conference in Port Moresby.
Papua...
Which covid vaccine is best? Here’s why that’s really hard to...
ANALYSIS: By Wen Shi Lee, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and Hyon Xhi Tan, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and...
Leading NZ newspaper warns nation against complacency over covid
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
New Zealand's leading daily newspaper has warned the country against complacency over the covid-19 pandemic and to look to Fiji for...
Timor government may punish public officials who refuse covid vaccination
By Antonio Sampaio in Dili
The Timor-Leste government may apply disciplinary action to public officials doing face-to-face work who refuse to take the vaccine, while...
Former PM Helen Clark on panel’s call for reform over ‘runaway...
RNZ News
An international panel co-chaired by former prime minister Helen Clark is calling for urgent reform of the world's pandemic preparedness.
In its review, the...
Government pleads with Fijians to register to vaccinate against covid
By RNZ Pacific
Fijians have been urged to register as the government's covid-19 vaccination campaign got underway this week.
The vaccine rollout started on Wednesday following...