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  • Pacific nations move to protect borders from novel coronavirus

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    Pacific Covid-19
    3 Feb 2020
    Nadi International Airport, Fiji

    Fiji and other Pacific nations are joining the growing list of countries restricting access following the deadly coronavirus outbreak in China.

    Pacific nations move to protect borders from novel coronavirus
  • FSM, Marshall Islands step up coronavirus travel bans

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    Pacific Marshall Islands
    3 Feb 2020
    Majuro’s frontline of defense against measles and the new coronavirus is the Ministry of Health and Human Service’s airport screening team that checks all inbound passengers for measles vaccine documentation or travel originated in China, Macau and Hong Kong.

    The Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands have strengthened travel bans in reaction to the coronavirus, writes Giff Johnson.

    FSM, Marshall Islands step up coronavirus travel bans
  • Chinese consul general critical of travel ban: 'I feel very disappointed'

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    New Zealand Covid-19
    3 Feb 2020
    Passengers from international flights at Auckland Airport on Monday 27 January, after flights from Guangzhou and Shanghai had touched down. Some people were wearing masks.

    China's consul general in Auckland says the sudden decision could hurt the superpower's economy - and that would also be bad for New Zealand. Audio

    Chinese consul general criticises decision to bar travellers from China over coronavirus concerns
  • New Zealanders to be evacuated from Wuhan to Whangaparaoa

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    New Zealand Covid-19
    2 Feb 2020
    Whangaparaoa Peninsula, Auckland.

    More details for the evacuation of New Zealanders from Wuhan have been announced.

    New Zealanders to be evacuated from Wuhan to Whangaparaoa
  • First virus death outside China, as NZ closes borders

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    New Zealand Covid-19
    2 Feb 2020
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    A man has died of the Wuhan coronavirus outside China, and foreign travellers coming from China will be refused entry to New Zealand from tomorrow.

    NZ to close doors on foreign travellers from China
  • Tagata o te Moana for 1 February 2020

    Audio 1 Feb 2020

    Samoa's preventative measures against the new coronavirus outbreak is affecting travellers; Papua New Guinea has again maintained its position as the most corrupt country in the Pacific according to… Audio

  • Coronavirus: Kiribati blocks Chinese travellers

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    Pacific Kiribati
    1 Feb 2020
    Kiribati’s President Taneti Maamau reacts during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 6, 2020.

    The Kiribati government has placed all visa applications from China on hold in an effort to stave off the coronavirus.

    Coronavirus: Kiribati blocks Chinese travellers
  • Samoan students in China won't be evacuated - Samoa govt

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    Pacific Covid-19
    1 Feb 2020
    (200127) -- BEIJING, Jan. 27, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Jan. 26, 2020 shows the Yellow Crane Pavilion and the Yangtze River Bridge in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province.

    Samoan students in China, including those in the coronavirus infected Hubei province, will not be evacuated, the Samoa government says.

    Samoan students in China won't be evacuated - Samoa govt
  • Regional Wrap 31 January 2020

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    rural farming
    31 Jan 2020
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    Hawkes Bay's grape vines are enjoying the dry, hot summer but most areas are hoping for rain. Audio

  • Regional Wrap 31 January 2020

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    Country Life rural
    31 Jan 2020
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    Hawkes Bay's grape vines are enjoying the dry, hot summer but most areas are hoping for rain.

    Audio

    Regional Wrap 31 January 2020
  • Wuhan evacuation plan: New Zealanders to be charged $500

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    New Zealand Covid-19
    31 Jan 2020
    AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - DECEMBER 17: Air New Zealand Airbus A320 landing at Auckland International Airport on December 17, 2017 in Auckland

    Passengers who get on the Air New Zealand evacuation flight from Wuhan will be charged $500.

    Wuhan evacuation plan: New Zealanders to be charged $500
  • One patient in Auckland Hospital with symptoms that fit the coronavirus

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    New Zealand Covid-19
    31 Jan 2020
    Auckland City Hospital

    One patient in Auckland has symptoms that fit the coronavirus, but test results will not be available until tomorrow, the Director General of Health has confirmed. Video

    One patient in Auckland Hospital with symptoms that fit the coronavirus
  • Pacific correspondent Koro Vaka'uta

    Audio
    Pacific
    31 Jan 2020
    A chart from the Year 8 Healthy Living workbook.

    Several Pacific countries have taken heavy-handed measures in an effort to stop a new and largely unknown coronavirus from taking hold in a region already strained by several severe epidemics. Koro… Audio

  • Family stuck in China: 'We need to go back to our normal lives'

    News
    New Zealand Covid-19
    31 Jan 2020
    Anna An and husband George Shuai, daughter Rachel and son Jacob.

    An Auckland mother who is stuck in lockdown a few hours away from the Chinese city of Wuhan is in the dark about whether she can be evacuated home.

    Evacuation uncertainty for New Zealanders in Hubei province
  • Pacific students not being evacuated from China - Forum

    Audio
    Pacific health
    31 Jan 2020
    The fast-track is for Air China's Gold and Platinum frequent flyers and China Eastern Gold and Silver members.

    The Pacific Islands Forum says there are no arrangements in place to evacuate Pacific students studying in China under its scholarship programme. Audio

  • Pacific students not being evacuated from China - Forum

    Audio
    Pacific health
    31 Jan 2020
    People wearing protective facemasks leave the city commuter train station in Bangkok.

    The Pacific Islands Forum says there are no arrangements in place to evacuate Pacific students studying in China under its scholarship programme. Audio

  • Coronavirus: PNG warns public not to panic

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    Pacific health
    31 Jan 2020
    Rose (mother) and toddler in the treatment room at Susa Mama health clinic, Port Moresby General Hospital, PNG

    Health authorities in Papua New Guinea have urged the public to not panic about coronavirus. Audio

  • Virus fears: PNG warns public not to panic

    Audio
    Pacific health
    31 Jan 2020

    Health authorities in Papua New Guinea have urged the public to not panic about coronavirus. Audio

  • Air NZ plane chartered to evacuate citizens from Wuhan

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    New Zealand Covid-19
    30 Jan 2020
    Air New Zealand plane taking off from Wellington Airport.

    The government has announced it's chartering an Air New Zealand plane to evacuate New Zealanders in the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus.

    Air NZ plane chartered to evacuate citizens from Wuhan
  • The Panel with Nalini Baruch and David Cormack (Part 1)

    Audio 30 Jan 2020

    Topics - New Zealanders evacuated from Wuhan amid the coronavirus outbreak will be quarantined in Aotearoa, not on Christmas Island like the Australians. There are 53 New Zealanders registered as… Audio

  • Coronavirus poses threat to CNMI tourism

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    Pacific Northern Marianas
    30 Jan 2020
    A woman wearing a protective mask walks on the street outside Beijing railway station on January 22, 2020.

    The Northern Marianas is expected to lose about 50,000 tourists over the rest of the fiscal year after China outlawed outbound tour travel by its citizens.

    Coronavirus poses threat to CNMI tourism
  • Wuhan coronavirus: Evacuations begin as WHO voices concern on virus spread

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    World Covid-19
    30 Jan 2020
    A woman wearing a protective mask walks on the street outside Beijing railway station on January 22, 2020.

    The United States and Japan have flown nationals out of China's coronavirus epicentre as the number of deaths from the flu-like illness rose to 133.

    Wuhan coronavirus: Evacuations begin as WHO voices concern on virus spread
  • Dateline Pacific for 30 January 2020

    Audio
    Pacific
    30 Jan 2020

    Travel restrictions imposed by the Samoan government amid the deadly outbreak of coronavirus is having an impact on theose planning to visit the island; Samoa's government has imposed heavy… Audio

  • Coronavirus: Samoa's preventative measures hitting travellers

    Audio 30 Jan 2020
    A woman wearing a protective mask walks on the street outside Beijing railway station on January 22, 2020.

    Travel restrictions imposed by Samoa's government amid the deadly outbreak of coronavirus are having an impact on those planning to visit from New Zealand. Audio

  • Samoa imposes border restrictions to stave off coronavirus

    Audio 30 Jan 2020
    Passengers from international flights at Auckland Airport on Monday 27 January, after flights from Guangzhou and Shanghai had touched down.

    Samoa's government has imposed heavy restrictions on its border in a bid to stave off the coronavirus, in the wake of last year's measles epidemic. Audio

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