Australia tightens internal border controls, as cruise ships start to leave
CANBERRA, Apr 3, 2020, SCMP. Australian authorities expressed concern on Friday about a rise in…
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Coronavirus infections growing exponentially, deaths near 50,000: WHO
GENEVA, Apr 2, 2020, AFP. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday (April 1)…
Western Australia’s govt closing borders, state becomes “an island within an island”
PERTH, Apr 2, 2020, SMH. Western Australia state’s Premier Mark McGowan has announced the state…
Artania cruise ship stand-off continues in Australia
LONDON, Apr 1, 2020, BBC. A German cruise ship is defying orders to leave a…
Huge falls on Australia’s toll roads amid coronavirus crisis
SYDNEY, Apr 1, 2020, SMH. Traffic on Australia’s toll roads have fallen dramatically amid the…
Lockdown of Fiji’s second-largest city Lautoka extended to Apr 7
LAUTOKA, Apr 1, 2020, RNZ. The lockdown surrounding the Fiji town of Lautoka has been…
Coronavirus has affected millions, but these countries are still free from it
NEW DELHI, Mar 31, 2020, Hindustan Times. The rapidly spreading coronavirus disease Covid-19 has affected…
Papua New Guinea confirms outbreak of african swine fever
PORT MORESBY, Mar 31, 2020, RNZ. Papua New Guinea’s agriculture minister has confirmed an outbreak…
Pandemic may see 11 million driven into poverty in East Asia and Pacific: World Bank
WASHINGTON D.C., Mar 31, 2020, The Straits Times. In a bad case scenario, East Asia…
[Analytics] G20 leaders fail to step up
A US$1 trillion increase in the IMF’s crisis-fighting war chest, US$5 trillion in coordinated fiscal…
Australia’s economy could take 22 per cent hit from virus shutdown: OECD
SYDNEY, Mar 30, 2020, SMH. A widespread shutdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus…
Key info on coronavirus spread in Pacific to released in 9 languages: NZ govt
WELLINGTON, Mar 29, 2020, RNZ. New Zealand’s Ministry for Pacific Peoples has translated key messages…