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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

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

China says will keep policy support for economic recovery, no abrupt shift

Reuters
18 Dec 2020
  People's Republic of China

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

Stuff
17 Dec 2020
  New Zealand;   Pacific

ADB, Far East Horizon to support COVID-19 health care in rural PRC

ADB
16 Dec 2020
  People's Republic of China

China offers $145B to banks as liquidity tightens

Business World
16 Dec 2020
  People's Republic of China

[Republic of] Korea delivers medical supplies worth $500K to support Egypt's anti-COVID response activities

Egypt Today
15 Dec 2020
  Arab Republic of Egypt;   Republic of Korea

Health, social protection to underpin sustainable recovery from COVID-19

ADB
15 Dec 2020
  Pacific

[Republic of] Korea orders schools to shut as COVID-19 cases spike

Reuters
14 Dec 2020
  Republic of Korea

Lab equipment and supplies for Samoa's Covid-19 response

RNZ
12 Dec 2020
  Samoa

Australia provides provinces with vehicles and funding to support COVID-19 response

Solomon Times
11 Dec 2020
  Solomon Islands

South Korea donates PCR test kits worth USD 300,000 to Sri Lanka

Economy Next
10 Dec 2020
  Republic of Korea;   Sri Lanka

ADB, Olam to support smallholder farmers livelihoods disrupted by COVID-19

ADB
09 Dec 2020
  Indonesia;   Papua New Guinea;   Viet Nam

China in no rush to tighten policy despite quickening recovery: former stats official

Reuters
07 Dec 2020
  People's Republic of China

January repatriation flight for Samoan workers in the US gets green light

RNZ
07 Dec 2020
  Samoa

ADB provides $16.9 million grant to help Vanuatu respond to COVID-19

ADB
04 Dec 2020
  Vanuatu

Chinese vice premier underlines progress in COVID-19 vaccine development

Xinhuanet
03 Dec 2020
  People's Republic of China