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Funding agreed by Cabinet will pay for a series of Covid-19-related health activities to June 2022, including maintaining up to 7,000 tests a day, contact tracing, supplies of PPE (personal protective equipment)

The Madrid-based UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) reported that international tourist arrivals fell by 72 per cent during the first 10 months of 2020 due to the raging coronavirus pandemic. In a

“Niue has successfully remained Covid-19 free throughout 2020, and this next step is a testament to all of our hard work to protect ourselves and the Pacific,” said Jacinda Ardern…reports Asian Lite

Kasai appealed to the younger and socially active people under 40 years of age to “do everything you can to avoid infection for yourself and everybody around you” despite the anxiety and

Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama on Thursday urged Fijians to prepare for the worst as the Yasa could cause devastation worse than tropical cyclone Winson in 2016…reports Asian Lite News Fiji on Thursday

This will be New Zealand’s largest immunisation rollout ever…reports Asian Lite News The New Zealand government will purchase Covid-19 vaccines from pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca and Novavax, enough for every New Zealander to

A biologist of the WHO team told a leading media outlet that the WHO was not seeking to apportion blame, but rather to prevent future outbreaks..reports Asian Lite News A team of