Tag: Virus

COMMENTARY: By Georgie Bright, Australia associate director of Human Rights Watch Even before the coronavirus pandemic, the fragile health system in Papua New Guinea was...

By Felipe F. Salvosa II in Manila Renz Paas is an avid consumer of medical literature. Following news of an outbreak of a novel coronavirus...

By Kelly Vacala in Suva Fiji disaster authorities have lifted movement restrictions imposed yesterday during the height of Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold have been lifted...

By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch After some weeks of heavy criticism of Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape’s government amid...

By RNZ News Social media misinformation about Covid-19 is putting Pacific communities in New Zealand at particular risk, government advisers say. The government announced a $17...

By Maggie Boyle of FBC News Fiji disaster authorities have put the whole of Viti Levu island on restricted movement due to TC Harold. Director for...

By Wansolwara staff Fiji now has 15 coronavirus cases after a single new case has been confirmed by Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama. The new case was one...

Former Chief Justice Sir Arnold Amet ... emergency powers up to controller alone. Video: EMTV News By Martha Louis in Madang Papua New Guinea's former Chief...

Pacific Media Centre Health authorities in Papua have reported a spike in the number of people under surveillance (ODP) in the southern Merauke district, with...

By RNZ News New Zealand has 54 new confirmed and probable cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of cases to 1160, the Health Ministry...

By RNZ News New Zealand's Health Minister David Clark has revealed that he took a trip to the beach during the alert level 4 lockdown...

By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern does not want New Zealand to be at level four for "a minute longer than needed", but says...

PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By Sri Krishnamurthi, self-isolating in Auckland under New Zealand’s Covid-19 lockdown as part of a Pacific Media Watch series. As New Zealand...

By Samantha Bagayas in Manila A campus journalist from the University of the East (UE) in the Philippines was allegedly forced to issue a public...

Pacific Media Watch Authorities are cracking down to try and stop the spread of the coronavirus in Fiji, which already has 12 cases, reports TVNZ...

By Sausan Atika in Jakarta The sluggish delivery of crucial social assistance funds by Indonesia's capital Jakarta administration in response to the Covid-19 outbreak is...

By Jane Patterson, political editor of RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it's too early to claim success against the spread of Covid-19 but...

By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News in Brisbane Refugees and asylum seekers in Brisbane have begun daily protests urging for their release after doctors and...

PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By David Robie, self-isolating in Auckland under New Zealand’s Covid-19 lockdown as part of a Pacific Media Watch series. A rather beautiful...

By RNZ News Women's Refuge says lockdown worries and family strains are resulting in high demand at many of their services right now. Chief executive Ang...

ANALYSIS: By Haiqing Yu of RMIT University and Michael Keane of Curtin University China has gradually emerged out of its shadow of despair as the...

By RNZ News New Zealand's Otago University will not respond to questions from Critic, the student magazine on campus, during the Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown. The decision...