Tag: #SouthPacific
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New Zealand to observe silence as more volcano dead named
Wellington, Dec 16 (AFP/APP): The names of four more people killed in an eruption on New Zealand’s most active volcano were released on Monday, as the South Pacific nation prepared to mark one week since the disaster. The death toll from the explosion stands at 18, including two people whose bodies have not been recovered,…
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Tonga closes schools as measles epidemic spreads
Nuku’alofa, Tonga, Nov 14 (AFP/APP): All government primary schools and kindergartens in Tonga have been shut in an effort to limit the spread of measles sweeping through the South Pacific, the government announced Thursday. With the number of confirmed and suspected measles infections in the Pacific kingdom nearing 200, Education Minister Siaosi Sovaleni said schools…