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The Pacific Conference of Churches is urging people to follow social-distancing and avoid congregations, saying faith alone is not enough to combat Covid-19.

Authorities in the Northern Marianas are investigating after a 70-year-old died at a quarantine facility on the main island, Saipan.

Palau has no confirmed cases of Covid-19 but the country is preparing for likely cases.

More New Zealanders in their 20s have Covid-19 than any other age group, Ministry of Health figures show.

Cook Islanders in New Zealand are being warned to "shelter in place" and not make their own way to the quarantine centre near Auckland International Airport.

A number of Pacific athletes have expressed relief at the decision to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The World Bank has delivered over $US5 million in funding to support Samoa's response to the global Covid-19 pandemic.

Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern have confirmed a person has died with Covid-19 in New Zealand. Video

In Italy, the government was reported to be considering extending a national lockdown to mid-April as deaths rose to 10,023.

American Samoa's governor has shared his disappointment with the US President over the failure of the government to organise a flight for US citizens stranded in Samoa.

Despite global disruptions from Covid-19, Japan and Taiwan have provided non-coronavirus related aid to the Marshall Islands and the US has allocated funds to battle the pandemic.

Tonga's National Rugby League is filing an appeal with the International Court of Arbitration for Sport in a final bid to remain the governing body for the sport in the kingdom.

Today, Saturday, Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield is taking a day off after fronting at least 40 conferences related to Covid-19.

The number of Covid-19 cases in Guam has climbed above 50.

As the number of Covid-19 cases in New Zealand increases, daily demand for protective clothing for medical workers has come under pressure.

Concern about the spread of Covid-19 has reached one of the most remote corners of the world, with Tokelau preparing isolation facilities and stockpiling essential food. Audio

American Samoa's governor has exempted the territory's tuna cannery from measures that restrict gatherings in the territory.

A Wallisian performance group from New Caledonia stranded in New Zealand will be without accommodation after today, and concerns are growing for the health of its older members.

More Covid-19 cases have been announced in the Pacific, with several countries increasing restrictions as the virus hits the region.

One of Tonga's biggest annual events has been postponed due to the Covid-19 global pandemic.

Guam's governor is asking the US for 1,000 Covid-19 testing kits, as the island tries to contain the worst outbreak of the coronavirus in the Pacific.

Two-thirds of New Zealand's Covid-19 cases so far are in older people but the patterns are still too "idiosyncratic" to draw any strong predictions from, a researcher modelling the virus says.

More than 20 Wallisians from New Caledonia have been stranded in Auckland since last Saturday after their government closed the border due to Covid-19.