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Covid Controls
01 Apr 2021
  Nauru

854,400 COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped by COVAX to Egypt

Africa News
01 Apr 2021
  Arab Republic of Egypt

Solomon Islands is eyeing support for the COVID-19 vaccination

Solomon Times
31 Dec 2020
  Solomon Islands

Samoa new travel advice stops UK and South Africa travellers

RNZ
29 Dec 2020
  Samoa

Factbox-European Union launches its COVID-19 vaccination campaign

Reuters
27 Dec 2020
  European Union

Tourism Solomons reset and ready to go in 2021

Solomon Times
24 Dec 2020
  Solomon Islands

Pacific Islands look to US, Australia, New Zealand for help with Covid-19 vaccines

South China Morning Post
23 Dec 2020
  Australia;   New Zealand;   Pacific

IMF urges public spending, ECB loans to weather coronavirus

Politico
22 Dec 2020
  European Central Bank

European neighbours restrict travel to Britain as new coronavirus strain spreads

The Straits Times
21 Dec 2020
  European Union;   United Kingdom

Samoa modifies state of emergency

RNZ
21 Dec 2020
  Samoa

Covid-19 vaccine roll out starts in parts of the Pacific

Asia Pacific Report
20 Dec 2020
  Pacific

NZ is concluding another Pacific islands travel bubble agreement

Australian Times
19 Dec 2020
  New Zealand;   Niue

New Zealand buys enough COVID vaccine for itself – and its neighbors

New York Post
19 Dec 2020
  New Zealand;   Pacific

EU recovery fund deal may get money flowing in summer

Politico
18 Dec 2020
  European Union

European Commission welcomes political agreement on future €79.5 billion for a new instrument to finance the EU external action and lead the global recovery through international partnerships

European Commission
18 Dec 2020
  European Union

Water security a top priority in COVID-19 recovery, says ADB report

ADB
18 Dec 2020
  Global

New Zealand to purchase Covid-19 vaccines for Pacific island neighbors, including Samoa and Tonga

Stuff
17 Dec 2020
  New Zealand;   Pacific

EU regions get additional 47.5 billion EUR to tackle local effects of COVID-19

European Parliament
16 Dec 2020
  European Union

IMF chief says 62% of COVID-19 lending went to Latin America

Reuters
16 Dec 2020
  Global

EU to help banks jettison loans soured by COVID to keep lending

Reuters
16 Dec 2020
  European Union