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Hugh McClure - 7 Oct 2020
COVID-19 | The Pacific response: 7 October
COVID-19 has emerged in the Solomon Islands, whilst PNG is slowly opening up to international travel, Hugh McClure writes.
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Hugh McClure - 30 Sep 2020
COVID-19 | The Pacific response: 30 September
Papua New Guinea’s opposition leader is putting pressure on the government to lift restrictions, whilst newly released analysis has predicted French Polynesia to be on track for 100,000 COVID-19 cases by year-end, writes Hugh McClure.
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Hugh McClure - 23 Sep 2020
COVID-19 | The Pacific response: 23 September
Papua New Guinea is looking to ease travel restrictions and New Zealand’s first repatriation flight to Samoa since COVID-19 remerged in Auckland touched down this week, with 300 seasonal workers on board, writes Hugh McClure.
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Hugh McClure - 16 Sep 2020
COVID-19 | The Pacific response: 16 September
There are fears that rural Papua New Guinea may be underreporting COVID-19 cases, whilst the leaders of Micronesian states free of the virus are preparing to meet in person for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, writes Hugh McClure.
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Hugh McClure - 9 Sep 2020
COVID-19 | The Pacific response: 9 September
Unofficial border crossings remain a key concern for those attempting to control COVID-19 in the Pacific, whilst the economic fallout of the pandemic is beginning to be felt, writes Hugh McClure.
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Hugh McClure - 2 Sep 2020
COVID-19 | The Pacific response: 2 September
Guam and French Polynesia have been the two Pacific territories most affected by the second wave of COVID-19, but their governments’ responses have been starkly different, whilst Vanuatu has given the green-light for seasonal workers, writes Hugh McClure.