Dateline Pacific for 5 February 2020

As two people are held in isolation in Fiji, a public health professor says the Pacific must protect itself from the Wuhan coronavirus; a Papua New Guinea student in Shanghai is calling on his government to evacuate students stranded in China; New Zealand's government is being urged to do more to tackle online disinformation about the Wuhan coronavirus; a Pacific health provider has adopted a Fonofale model to address social isolation and other issues plaguing Pasifika communities in New Zealand's South Island; a human rights advocate in New South Wales is voicing protest at some local media's refusal to cover West Papua issues.