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Two Fijian pregnant women are among the 21 COVID-19 deaths reported within a seven-day period from 14 July. Their babies, however, were saved via a caesarean operation by the obstetric team. Ministry of Health and Medical Services permanent secretary Dr James Fong revealed this Wednesday as he announced the country’s 1, 091 COVID-19 positive cases. He said the 21 COVID-19 deaths were...

Papua New Guinea has recorded five new COVID-19 cases as well as one death on Monday 19 July, increasing the total number of cases to 17,524. All five cases were recorded in four provinces: two in the National Capital District and one each in Simbu, East New Britain and New Ireland provinces. The known COVID-19 death was reported in the Madang...

Nine cases of Covid-19 have been detected among travellers from Fiji to New Zealand in the past week, a senior health official said. Fiji is grappling with a worsening Covid crisis, with over 14,000 positive people in isolation and more than 120 deaths reported by health authorities yesterday. New Zealand official Harriette Carr said near the beginning of the current outbreak...

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare reiterates his call for all citizens to be vaccinated to protect the nation from any possible community transmission in the the country any time soon. In the same note, he also highlighted the importance of getting the vaccines in time before it’s too late to be vaccinated and protect the nation. He made the call...

By Taniela Tuilevuka Pacific Island Council president Ema Vueti believes seasonal workers ‘get into trouble as they are not aware of the laws in relation to work in Australia and New Zealand. Vueti said people going for seasonal work in the two countries are not aware of the labour laws in the two countries. She said there were some pre-departure briefings...

The French president won’t be able to avoid the legacies of nuclear testing when he visits Tahiti this week By Nic Maclellan When French president Emmanuel Macron makes a long-delayed trip to Tahiti this week, he will be highlighting twenty-first-century issues: climate change, reef ecology and his proposed India–Australia–France axis to contain China in the Indo-Pacific region. But he won’t...

Australia’s Minister for the Pacific Zed Seselja said that losing Micronesia nations will weaken the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), as the Australian government continues to engage with the leaders to keep the region united. Speaking virtually to the Pacific journalists Monday, he said that it is the position of Australia that Micronesia stays in the Forum. The Australian government’s position is...

Fiji has recorded 1,054 new cases of COVID-19 and 12 deaths reported Tuesday. Permanent secretary of health, Dr James Fong said the 12 new COVID-19 deaths for the period of 13 – 19 July. “The first COVID-19 death to report is a 70-year-old woman from Tamavua. She presented to the CMW hospital in severe respiratory distress. Her family reported that she...

Samoa is pushing its vaccination roll out to cover 99% of the population as the vicinity to Fiji poses a high Covid 19 risk as active cases rise to 1000 per day and 96 deaths so far. The Director General of Health, Leausa Dr Take Naseri told a press conference this week that the situation in Fiji is of concern...

Papua New Guinea has recorded four new COVID-19 deaths on Saturday 17 July, increasing the total number of deaths to 191. All four deaths were recorded in the Western Highlands Province. Also 48 new COVID-19 cases were reported within the same period in seven provinces, increasing the total number of cases to 17,515. New Ireland province reported 31 of the 48...