Tag: Virus

By Patrick Makis in Buka Contact tracing has begun for the Autonomous Region of Bougainville's first covid-19 case. The 22-year-old male, who had returned from Port...

By Michael Baker, University of Otago; Amanda Kvalsvig, University of Otago, and Nick Wilson, University of Otago Tomorrow, New Zealand will mark 100 days without...

By Lulu Mark in Port Moresby Port Moresby may need to expand its covid-19 isolation facilities quickly and effectively in case a big spike in...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A medical authority has warned that the spike in covid-19 cases in Papua New Guinea is to be expected and could...

By RNZ Pacific A flight attendant in French Polynesia has tested positive for covid-19 - the second Tahiti infection recorded in three days. The government said...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The safe reopening of entry points into six Pacific Islands countries amid the covid-19 pandemic is being discussed at a meeting...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea has one new case of the novel coronavirus covid-19 reported yesterday bringing total cases to 111, reports EMTV...

By RNZ Pacific Nineteen more cases of covid-19 have been confirmed in Papua New Guinea, taking the total number so far in the country to...

Linguist and author Noam Chomsky says decades of neoliberal policies that shredded the social safety net and public institutions have left the country ill-prepared...

By Isaac Nicholas in Port Moresby Thirty eight deaths in the covid-19 pandemic reported across the Papua New Guinea border in the Indonesian-ruled Papuan capital...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Remote communities in Papua New Guinea's south-western Gulf Province have welcomed an outreach patrol to several villages that has brought treatment...

By Scott Waide of EMTV News Seventy-four health workers in Papua New Guinea's Morobe province have been isolated after coming in contact with a 35-year-old...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Twenty three new covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Papua New Guinea's National Capital District - the highest reported so far...

By Adelaide Sirox Kari in Port Moresby As Papua New Guinea's capital continues to record an increase in covid-19 cases, with seven new positive cases...

By Aika Rey in Manila Most Filipinos remain stressed due to the coronavirus pandemic, pollster Social Weather Stations found in a survey earlier this month. The...

By Talebula Kate in Suva Eighteen people were arrested in Fiji last night for breach of the covid pandemic curfew restrictions from 11pm yesterday to...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk When New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the country had managed to stamp out the coronavirus, it was met with...

By RNZ News Four teenagers who fled from a New Zealand managed isolation facility in Hamilton last night with their mother had returned to the...

By EMTV News Papua New Guinea's Pandemic Controller David Manning has issued nine new control measures as the country's cases have increased to 31. He said...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea's rapid response team of the National Capital District (NCD) is conducting thorough case investigation, contact tracing and testing...

By Grace Auka-Salmang in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's Port Moresby General Hospital is scaling down its services due to covid-19 cases being detected on...

By IndoLeft News in Yogyakarta Papuan students and activists have held a protest action against Special Autonomy (Otsus) Chapter II at the zero kilometre point in...