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Bula Solo,

Vinaka vaka levu for the information updates.

Kindest regards and Stay Safe.

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On 4/2/20, Soloveni Vitoso <infor at pacificdisability.org> wrote:
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> HI PDF Subscribers,
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> Below are headlines being shared today (2 April 2020) from around the
> Pacific;
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> Close to 500 under quarantine, confirms Fiji Health Ministry
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> SUVA, 02 APRIL 2020 (FIJI TIMES) -Close to 500 people are still under
> quarantine in Fiji due to COVID-19 Pandemic – Read
> More.<https://www.fijitimes.com/close-to-500-under-quarantine-confirms-ministry/>
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>
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> COVID-19: 48 arrested on third day for breaching curfew hours in Fiji
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> SUVA, 02 APRIL 2020 (FIJI TIMES) ---Forty-eight more people were arrested
> for breaching curfew hours from 10pm last night to 5am this morning
> throughout Fiji – Read
> More.<https://www.fijitimes.com/covid-19-48-arrested-on-third-day-for-breaching-curfew-hours/>
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> Nauru's Covid-19 preparations boosted
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> YAREN, 02 APRIL 2020 (RNZ PACIFIC)-Nauru's Covid-19 preparations are set for
> a boost with Taiwan donating a testing machine – Read
> More.<https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/413194/nauru-s-covid-19-preparations-boosted>
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> Covid-19: NZ Police pushed to release lockdown guidelines
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> WELLINGTON, 02 APRIL 2020 (NEWSROOM)-Police have come under pressure to
> release legal advice and guidance on how they are using the emergency powers
> granted to them during New Zealand's coronavirus lockdown – Read
> More.<https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/covid-19-police-pushed-to-release-lockdown-guidelines/ar-BB122G5y?li=BBSVtLJ>
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> Covid-19 pandemic poses gravest threat to world’s poorest countries
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> SYDNEY, 02 APRIL 2020 (WORLD SOCIALIST WEBSITE)-The coronavirus has begun to
> take hold in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific
> Islands, threatening some of the most impoverished people on earth – Read
> More.<https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/01/poor-a01.html>
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> PNG Tourism will take time to recover: Agus
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> PORT MORESBY, 02 APRIL 2020 (POST COURIER) -It could take the Papua New
> Guinea tourism industry over a year to recover from Covid-19 and its direct
> impacts to the industry – Read
> More.<https://postcourier.com.pg/tourism-will-take-time-to-recover-agus/>
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> Low-skilled workers, developing countries at risk of steep economic decline
> as coronavirus advances
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> NEW YORK, 02 APRIL 2020 (UN NEWS CENTRE) -The global economy could shrink by
> up to one per cent in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and may contract
> even further if restrictions on economic activities are extended without
> adequate fiscal responses, according to analysis released today by the UN
> Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) – Read
> On<https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/04/1060832>
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> China and Australia target Pacific with coronavirus aid
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> SYDNEY, 02 APRIL 2020 (REUTERS)-Beijing has ramped up its diplomatic push
> into the Pacific, pledging coronavirus aid and medical advice, although its
> efforts are being impeded as islands close borders to stop the spread of the
> disease from hotspots including China – Read
> On<https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pacific-idUSKBN21J4WG>
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> Australia responding to COVID-19 challenge in Pacific
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> CANBERRA, 02 APRIL 2020 (DFAT)-Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic
> represents a significant challenge for governments and communities across
> the Pacific. It is a challenge the Australian Government is committed to
> tackling with our Pacific partners, in the long-term interest of the
> stability, prosperity and resilience of our region – Read
> On<https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/responding-covid-19-challenge-pacific>
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> Virus claims third life on Guam, 77 confirmed cases
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> HAGTANA, 02 APRIL 2020 (THE GUAM DAILY POST)-An 81-year-old man who
> contracted COVID-19 died at Guam Memorial Hospital midday Wednesday – Read
> On<https://www.postguam.com/news/local/virus-claims-third-life/article_111a4126-73d6-11ea-aa1c-1b0fe6fc3a9e.html>
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> Lautoka lockdown extended to Tuesday: Fiji Health Minister
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> SUVA, 02 APRIL 2020 (FBC NEWS) -The Lautoka lockdown has been extended until
> Tuesday next week as Fiji Government wants to ensure there are no COVID-19
> cases are left undetected – Read
> On<https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/covid-19/123123lautoka-lockdown-extended/>
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> U.S Navy to quarantine sailors in hotels on Guam
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> HAGATNA, 02 APRIL 2020 (THE GUAM DAILY POST)-Some of the USS Theodore
> Roosevelt's sailors who will test clear of COVID-19 will be quarantined in
> unnamed Guam hotels as military officials work to decontaminate the aircraft
> carrier and separate them from sailors who have fallen ill from the rapidly
> spreading virus – Read
> On<https://www.postguam.com/news/local/navy-to-quarantine-sailors-in-hotels/article_5d51c176-73e6-11ea-a4d0-7bf7c1c2d16c.html>
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> Thanks,
>
>
> Solo
>
>
> Soloveni Vitoso
> Public Relations & Communications Officer
>
> Pacific Disability Forum
> Ground Floor, Kadavu House, Victoria Parade  |  GPO Box 18458  |  Suva,
> Fiji
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> Email: infor at pacificdisability.org<mailto:ceo at pacificdisability.org>
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