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Middle-income countries are caught in a COVID-19 financing gap

Devex
10 Mar 2021
  Global

ESP payments continue

Solomon Times
10 Mar 2021
  Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands quite close to regaining COVID-19 free status

Solomon Times
10 Mar 2021
  Solomon Islands

New project to help women and youth find employment in agriculture and fisheries sector

Samoa Government
09 Mar 2021
  Samoa

State aid: Commission approves €2 billion French scheme to support uncovered fixed costs of companies affected by the coronavirus outbreak

European Commission
09 Mar 2021
  European Union;   France

EU expects 100 million vaccines per month from April

DW
08 Mar 2021
  European Union

Fiji first Pacific country to benefit from COVAX Covid-19 vaccines

RNZ
08 Mar 2021
  Fiji

Tourism workers undergo COVID-19 training

Samoa Observer
07 Mar 2021
  Samoa

ADB, UNICEF support health care workers in Fiji with 22,000 COVID-19 testing kits

ADB
01 Mar 2021
  Fiji

Solomon Islands is first country in the Pacific to place COVID-19 order with GAVI

Solomom Times
01 Mar 2021
  Solomon Islands

New WTO chief calls for tripling of vaccine production

Reuters
01 Mar 2021
  Global

US-donated ventilators to boost Kiribati’s fight against COVID-19

US Embassy in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu
30 Sep 2020
  Kiribati;   United States

Bill Gates: A three-part plan to eliminate Covid-19

The Irish Times
30 Sep 2020
  Global

Exclusive: World Bank seeks board approval for $12 billion coronavirus vaccine financing plan

Reuters
30 Sep 2020
  Global

Former tourism workers get relief in Samoa

RNZ
30 Sep 2020
  Samoa

Coronavirus pushes 38m Asians below poverty line: World Bank

Nikkei Asia
29 Sep 2020
  Global

Germany seeks breakthrough on linking EU payouts to rule of law

Politico
29 Sep 2020
  Germany;   European Union

Special travel advice and information paper for travellers entering Samoa as of 28 September 2020

Government of Samoa
28 Sep 2020
  Samoa

From coupons to cash, governments spend millions to revive economies

The Straits Times
28 Sep 2020
  Global

Exclusive: Lagarde's peace at risk as ECB splits over virus response - sources

Reuters
28 Sep 2020
  European Central Bank