Category: Healthcare
Covid-19: 30,000 to 75,000 cases since March in Tahiti
by Ted Wood | Dec 9, 2020 | Healthcare, Tahiti, Travel
10 and 25% of the population has been contaminated. Too little to cause herd immunity. Epidemiologists from the country’s Covid platform, with the help of the World Health Organization (WHO), have estimated the number of...
Read MoreA mass for the the new rescue center in Wallis
by Thomas Wilson | Dec 9, 2020 | Healthcare, Religion, Wallis and Futuna
After the mass and the blessing of the brand new rescue centre and its vehicles, on Wallis island,...
Read MoreThe rich Southern Province is in serious budgetary difficulties
by Ted Wood | Dec 4, 2020 | Economy, Healthcare, New Caledonia, Politics
It has decided to stop funding social measures New Caledonian institutions are currently experiencing serious difficulties in presenting a balanced budget. The South Province, the richest of the three provinces, decided to take...
Read MoreFirst Covid-19 case in Vanuatu
by Thomas Wilson | Nov 11, 2020 | Breaking News, Healthcare, Pacific
This first confirmed case was officially announced by Prime Minister Bob Loughman in a press...
Read MoreCovid-19: More fatalities in French Polynesia than in Australia
by Ted Wood | Nov 11, 2020 | Breaking News, Education, Healthcare, Tahiti
French Polynesia has more Covid-19 deaths than the world average. To that day, 49 people have died...
Read MoreThe population almost confined is French Polynesia
by Ted Wood | Oct 20, 2020 | Healthcare, Tahiti
The virus spreads very quickly in French Polynesia. The High Commissioner of the Republic has...
Read MoreFirst Covid-19 case in Wallis and Futuna
by Thomas Wilson | Oct 17, 2020 | Healthcare, Wallis and Futuna
A first coronavirus positive case has been identified in Wallis and Futuna. 49 passengers landed...
Read MoreThe University of New Caledonia tackles obesity
by Ted Wood | Oct 16, 2020 | Breaking News, Healthcare, New Caledonia
The University of New Caledonia is in the spotlight with an article published in the online...
Read MoreTwo new Covid-related fatalities in French Polynesia
by Thomas Wilson | Oct 16, 2020 | Breaking News, Healthcare, Tahiti
The last update of the French Polynesia Health Department reveals that 3,511 cases of coronavirus...
Read More+439 positives cases in French Polynesia, 11th Covid related death
by Thomas Wilson | Oct 14, 2020 | Breaking News, Healthcare, Tahiti
The last update provided by the French Polynesian Department of Health on October 12 reveals a new...
Read MoreFrench Polynesia president tests positive for Covid-19 returning from Macron meeting
by Thomas Wilson | Oct 12, 2020 | Healthcare, Politics, Tahiti
French Polynesia president Édouard Fritch tested positive for Covid-19 on his return from France,...
Read MoreFirst Covid-19 case in the Solomon Islands
by Thomas Wilson | Oct 4, 2020 | Breaking News, Healthcare, Pacific
The Solomon Islands has reported its first case of Covid-19, prime minister Manasseh Sogavare...
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