Samoa extends State of emergency for another month
Samoa’s Head of State has extended the proclamation of the State of Emergency (SOE) to next month due to a “grave emergency” where a...
US$ 14 million World Bank Project puts universal Health care within reach for all...
Families and communities across Kiribati will receive much-needed health support as part of the US$14 million Kiribati Health Systems Strengthening Project that has been...
3.5 million people in Western Pacific die each year due to climate crisis: WHO
Around 3.5 million people in the Western Pacific die each year as a result of environmental causes, according to World Health Organisation (WHO) data...
18 COVID-19 cases in Ha’apai community
Ha’apai has 18 positive COVID-19 cases in the community, recorded on Saturday, Tongan Minister for Health, Dr Saia Piukala said Monday.
He said according to...
WHO, Government of Japan, and Governments of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia...
The World Health Organisation (WHO), the Government of Japan and the Governments of the Republic of Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)...
Nauru records first COVID cases
Nauru’s President Lionel Aingimea has announced the first two COVID-19 cases in Nauru, while stressing that there is no cause for panic.
The two COVID-positive...
Uneven COVID-19 recovery and widening inequalities risk ‘leaving behind’ poor and vulnerable across Asia...
An uneven post-pandemic economic recovery is threatening to widen inequalities and intensify the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic across Asia and...
Covid outbreaks in Samoa and Vanuatu chip away at Pacific islands’ virus-free status
Covid outbreaks in Samoa and Vanuatu have further whittled down the number of Pacific island nations that have so far escaped the pandemic, as...
Fiji quarantine to be removed from 07 ApriI, Mask wearing to become optional from...
Fully vaccinated tourists will no longer need to stay in Fiji quarantine for three nights from 07 April.
Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum announced this...
Samoa active COVID-19 cases hit 600
Samoa's Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported 155 new community cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours to push the country's cumulative total...
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