News and Information

Surge in COVID-19 Cases Highlights Need to Ramp Up Vaccinations in Asia and the Pacific

Asian Development Bank
09 Aug 2021
  Indonesia;   Bangladesh;   Fiji;   Papua New Guinea

Pacific nations with high vaccination rates delay opening borders amid concerns around herd immunity

ABC News
03 Aug 2021
  Niue

Covid-19: Niue reaches herd immunity, with 97pc of eligible population vaccinated

Stuff
14 Jul 2021
  Niue

Covid-19: Weeks of training for contactless delivery of Pfizer jabs to virus-free Tokelau

Stuff
12 Jul 2021
  Niue

In brief: news from around the Pacific

RNZ
07 Jul 2021
  Papua New Guinea;   Samoa;   Tonga

Niue Govt facing huge deficit in 2021

RNZ
05 Jul 2021
  Niue

Niue Premier spells out rules for visitors

RNZ
21 Jun 2021
  Niue

World Bank’s Operational Response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in East Asia and the Pacific

World Bank
10 Jun 2021
  Cambodia;   People's Republic of China;   Fiji;   Indonesia;   Kiribati;   Lao PDR;   Marshall Islands;   Federated States of Micronesia;   Mongolia;   Myanmar;   Papua New Guinea;   Philippines;   Samoa;   Solomon Islands;   Timor-Leste;   Tonga;   Tuvalu;   Vanuatu;   Viet Nam

Covid-19 vaccines arrive in Niue to begin five-week full rollout

RNZ
02 Jun 2021
  Niue

Australia to send coronavirus vaccines to PNG amid outbreak

Solomon Times
18 Mar 2021
  Australia;   Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea reopens for limited international flights

Ch-aviation
02 Feb 2021
  Papua New Guinea

NZ is concluding another Pacific islands travel bubble agreement

Australian Times
19 Dec 2020
  New Zealand;   Niue

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

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

ADB announces $150 million to support universal health care in PNG

ADB
26 Nov 2020
  Papua New Guinea

ADB approves $250 million loan to support PNG’s response to COVID-19

ADB
26 Nov 2020
  Papua New Guinea

Niue Covid protection rules slammed

RNZ
12 Nov 2020
  Niue

Niue govt agencies told to watch spending

RNZ
06 Oct 2020
  Niue

ADB announces almost $3.2 million in grants to help Fiji, Nauru, Niue combat COVID-19

ADB
05 Oct 2020
  Fiji;   Nauru;   Niue

ADB President, Niue Premier discuss COVID-19 response

ADB
08 Jul 2020
  Niue

COVID-19 multi-sector response plan - Papua New Guinea disaster management team (as of 21 May 2020)

Relief Web
22 May 2020
  Papua New Guinea