Dateline Pacific for 24 March 2020

The number of cases of Covid-19 in the Pacific has surged past 100; Villagers in a Papua New Guinea highlands ward hit by a major landslide have been advised to move from the area; A PNG student evacuated from China will soon have to decide if he returns to his university in Shanghai; There is an increase in the number of young Pacific people in New Zealand having strokes, and; A family of three Pasifika opera singers from New Zealand say their spirits are high despite having their shows cancelled in France.