Tag: Virus

By RNZ Pacific French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse has tested positive for covid-19, prompting a deferral of today's appeal court hearing. Flosse and the current...

By RNZ Pacific French Polynesia's President Edouard Fritch says he has tested positive for covid-19 on his return from France. A government statement said that despite...

This special debate, held 29 September 2020, aimed to present and discuss approaches on reopening schools or resuming classes post-covid-19. The panellists also gave...

By RNZ Pacific New Zealand's Minister for Pacific Peoples, 'Aupito William Sio, says a total of 264 groups and individuals have successfully applied for the...

COMMENT: By Bryan Bruce The other day I wrote a post on my blog which invited people to: "Take care of others by taking care...

By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent Aucklanders are being warned not to be caught napping again when it comes to the covid-19 pandemic. New Zealand's...

By RNZ News Housing and climate change caused the most heated exchanges at TVNZ's young voters debate in New Zealand last night, an event far...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea's opposition has called on the government to explain the paralysing martial law type restrictions that has crippled the...

By RNZ Pacific The covid-19 outbreak in French Polynesia has reached Tahiti's prison and infected 20 people. The French High Commission said that after two cases...

By Ivany Atina Arbi in Jakarta Indonesia saw a one-day record of 4465 new covid-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases...

By Michael Field French Polynesian authorities are conceding the Pacific territory of 280,000 people will probably have 100,000 cases of covid-19 by the end of...

ANALYSIS: By The Conversation Prime Minister and Labour leader Jacinda Ardern and National Party leader Judith Collins met tonight for the first televised debate of...

By RNZ News New Zealand's Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield announced no new cases of covid-19 yesterday. It was also revealed that Auckland is set...

The project video - read the linked story. By Sri Krishnamurthi of the Pacific Media Centre Climate change action has been "shelved" for the moment in...

By RNZ News Two new community cases revealed today in New Zealand are connected to a returnee who tested positive for covid-19 after completing the...

By RNZ News New Zealand today reported one new community case of covid-19 - the first in five days. There was no media conference today. In...

France 24 Focus report on the Chinese citizen journalists still missing after investigating Covid-19 in Wuhan. By France 24 Since coming to power in 2012, Chinese...

By RNZ News New Zealand reported no new cases of covid-19 today - for the first time since early August. There was no media conference today....

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A woman has died of the covid-19 coronavirus in Papua New Guinea, becoming the sixth fatality from the deadly virus in...

By RNZ News Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says people in the city are, by and large, following the rules and prosecution shouldn't be ruled out...

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Flaws in Papua New Guinea's public health system and the medicine supply chain are because of poor management in...

By Anusha Bradley, RNZ News reporter New Zealand churches with US links are being blamed for spreading covid-19 misinformation. Health Minister Chris Hipkins has said some...