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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Lets take a quick look at what's going on in the Pacific, as of Thursday 26 March, in what is a constantly developing situation.</span></p>
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<strong style="color: rgb(30, 39, 34); font-family: Colfax, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">Confirmed covid-19 cases in the Pacific:</strong></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Hawaii now has 90 Covid-19 cases.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Guam confirmed </span><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/412633/guam-covid-19-cases-now-at-37" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(113, 121, 115); background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(113, 121, 115, 0) 50%, rgba(113, 121, 115, 0.8) 50%); background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 2px 0.1em; background-position: 0px 1.125em; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 3px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 2px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -2px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -3px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">five
more cases</span></a><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> of Covid-19 overnight bringing the US territory's official total to 37, including one death.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">French Polynesia now has 25 cases of Covid-19.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Another four people in New Caledonia were confirmed to carry the Covid-19 virus on Wednesday, </span><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/412617/covid-19-tally-in-new-caledonia-up-at-14" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(113, 121, 115); background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(113, 121, 115, 0) 50%, rgba(113, 121, 115, 0.8) 50%); background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 2px 0.1em; background-position: 0px 1.125em; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 3px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 2px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -2px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -3px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">raising
the tally</span></a><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> within one week to 14.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Fiji recorded its fifth Covid-19 case on Wednesday and the patient is linked to the country's first patient.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Papua New Guinea has </span><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/412291/png-to-close-borders-after-confirmation-of-first-covid-19-case" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(113, 121, 115); background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(113, 121, 115, 0) 50%, rgba(113, 121, 115, 0.8) 50%); background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 2px 0.1em; background-position: 0px 1.125em; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 3px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 2px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -2px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -3px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">one
Covid-19 case.</span></a></li></ul>
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<li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Samoa became officially locked down at midnight Wednesday.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">New Caledonia imposed restrictions on movement for two weeks.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Fiji government had lockdown the nation's second biggest city of Lautoka which the first case was reported.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">All schools in Tonga will shut down this Friday for two weeks as part of precautionary measures against the Covid-19 pandemic. Tonga has also declared a state of emergency.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In Papua New Guinea, the James Marape-led government declared a state of emergency which came into effect on Tuesday.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Acting Governor General in Tuvalu declared a State of Emergency for the atolls in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Indonesian-administered Papua province has blocked entry at ports as it elevated its alert level over Covid-19.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Solomon Islands declared a State of Public Emergency on Tuesday night as the island nation ramps up its response to the global Covid-19 pandemic.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">American Samoa is now under the </span><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/412484/covid-19-pacific-nations-on-heightened-alert-flights-suspended" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(113, 121, 115); background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(113, 121, 115, 0) 50%, rgba(113, 121, 115, 0.8) 50%); background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 2px 0.1em; background-position: 0px 1.125em; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 3px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 2px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -2px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -3px 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">new
alert level</span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> - Code Blue - all education institutes will be closed, public service work hours staggered and public gatherings suspended.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Hawaiian Airlines has reduced its long-haul flights to the US mainland and to American Samoa, as Hawaii starts its 14-day quarantine requirement due to the pandemic.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">As of Monday, all people travelling into the CNMI from a country with a Covid-19 outbreak are to be quarantined for a 14-day period. The Governor declared a State of Emergency last week.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia - have completely sealed their borders.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Cook Islands' Covid-19 alert status will be upgraded to 'Code Yellow' at 6pm today local time.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">'Code Yellow' restricts mass gathering, including church services.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">French Polynesia has tightened its borders and only residents will be allowed to enter Tahiti, and movements for locals have also been restricted.</span></li></ul>
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