Category: Healthcare

Omicron variant arrives in New Caledonia

Posted by Ted Wood | Jan 7, 2022 | Area, Breaking News, Healthcare, New Caledonia

The virus is killing far fewer people

by Ted Wood | Dec 9, 2021 | Healthcare, New Caledonia

Deaths from covid are becoming increasingly rare. The total number of deaths since 9 September is 280. 22 new positive cases have been confirmed. These new cases bring the total number of confirmed positive cases to 12,343 since...

Mandatory health pass in Polynesia

by Ted Wood | Nov 21, 2021 | Area, Breaking News, Business, Economy, Healthcare, Pacific, Politics

The Polynesian “health pass” is compulsory from 22 November for inter-island travel...

Journalist attacked by anti-vaccine activists

by Ted Wood | Oct 24, 2021 | Area, Healthcare, New Caledonia, Politics

During a demonstration in front of the CPS (Pacific community) On Saturday 23rd, a journalist from the public channel NC Première was violently beaten by a group of demonstrators who had come to protest against compulsory...

Increase in tobacco prices

by Ted Wood | Oct 3, 2021 | Area, Economy, Healthcare, Wallis and Futuna

The Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna voted last September to increase the price of...

Anti-vaccine demonstration during the lockdown…

by Ted Wood | Sep 25, 2021 | Area, Breaking News, Healthcare, New Caledonia, Politics

On Saturday 25 September around 2000 people demonstrated in Noumea against the obligation to be...

Covid the predicted catastrophe is coming to Caledonia

by Ted Wood | Sep 21, 2021 | Area, Breaking News, French Polynesia, Healthcare, New Caledonia

Caledonia is heading towards a Tahitian scenario. Since 6 September, 33 people have died from Covid in New Caledonia. The resuscitation department of the Dumbéa public hospital had 54 patients in intensive care on 21 September....

The New Caledonia-Wallis and Futuna bubble suspended

by Thomas Wilson | Sep 8, 2021 | Healthcare, Wallis and Futuna

Following the discovery of the first local coronavirus cases in New Caledonia, which is no longer...

Covid-19 explodes in French Polynesia

by Ted Wood | Aug 14, 2021 | Area, French Polynesia, Healthcare

New restrictions have been taken by the authorities. The virus is wreaking havoc in French...

422 Covid cases in Wallis and Futuna, 4 dead

by Thomas Wilson | Apr 7, 2021 | Breaking News, Healthcare, Wallis and Futuna

Since March 6, 422 Covid-19 positive cases have been identified in the archipelago. 412 on Wallis...

First Covid-19 related death in Wallis and Futuna

by Thomas Wilson | Mar 20, 2021 | Healthcare, Wallis and Futuna

An 83-year-old Futunian woman died on saturday 21 March, at Sia Hospital, on Wallis island, from...

Covid-19: New Caledonia under lockdown

by Ted Wood | Mar 13, 2021 | Area, Breaking News, Healthcare, New Caledonia, Politics

On Sunday 7 March, the authorities of New Caledonia have declared a two-week lockdown after the...

Covid-19: New Caledonia is confined

by Ted Wood | Mar 7, 2021 | Area, Breaking News, Economy, Healthcare, New Caledonia

Until now, New Caledonia was the only developed country in the world without covid patients. This...

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A prize for a mathematics professor from the University of Caledonia
Mathematics teacher and researcher Silvère Bonnabel has been awarded the IMT - Académie des sciences Prix Espoir. The prize is awarded each year to a scientist under the age of 40 who has made a major innovation in the field of business. Silvère Bonnabel has developed mathematical methods that have industrial applications in the field of navigation. His award is AUD 23 000.