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Volunteers put heart and soul into loading aid containers for Tonga

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Kaniva Staff
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By RNZ.co.nz and is republished with permission.

The Aotearoa Tonga Relief Committee is grateful to volunteers who have put their heart into a community aid effort.

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Photo: Supplied / Pakilau Manase Lua

Tonga faces a long road to recovery, with most of the population affected by the violent eruption and tsunami that followed, and many areas still scrambling to restore basic necessities.

Executive member Pakilau Manase Lua said loading the containers has been excruciating work.

While the gates have been closed to the public volunteers have been packing the containers.

“It’s been a huge effort for our volunteers. As you can appreciate the average weight of these fully packed drums is probably between 120kg and 150kg, but we do it out of love, many of the guys have taken time off work,” Pakilau Manase Lua said.

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Photo: Supplied / Pakilau Manase Lua

Mt Smart Stadium will be closed to dropoffs again tomorrow, but it is expected to be open again on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in preparation for another shipment.

Those bringing items for their family in Tonga should drive to the O’Rorke Road entrance and the general public can drop off goods at Maurice Road.

Pakilau Manase Lua encourages people to bring their own drums full of water and non-perishable foods, but if people do not have one, he says a plastic wheelie bin will do the trick.

“If you don’t have your own, don’t steal your neighbours,” he said.

There are calls for patience from community leaders with heightened anxiety, frustration and disappointment over the initiative being closed to the public for the past two days.

Pakilau Manase Lua knows it has been tough on many but said, “there is a limited amount of volunteers here, the volunteers are working hard, we don’t want to get them injured, we want to keep them safe. To be fair, these people are volunteers, so we are doing our best to clear the decks and to open again.”

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Photo: Supplied / Pakilau Manase Lua

This shipment of 25 containers is expected to leave Auckland on a Matson vessel on Wednesday night and arrive in Tonga on Saturday.

“Just standard container hire trucks with arms that swing onto the trucks, they are just 20 foot containers so they are not the big 40 foot [containers] so they are easier to handle particularly when landing in Tonga as well. Obviously things depend on the weather, but we can only hope that these containers will reach Tonga by the weekend,” he said.

It has been a massive logistical effort with Sir Michael Jones and Matson Shipping providing 21 containers so far and four donated by Swire Shipping.

When Sir Michael saw the rows of containers packed with drums at Mt Smart he said to the volunteers, “I know this is a Kolo Tonga site uso’s (brothers) but it also feels like Hopetown.”

Tangata whenua have blessed the containers ahead of their departure.

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Photo: Supplied / Pakilau Manase Lua

Covid-19 update: 45 new community cases, 34 Omicron cases added to total

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Kaniva Staff
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By RNZ.co.nz and is republished with permission.

There are 45 new community cases of Covid-19 today, with the number of Omicron cases in the community rising to 90.

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In a statement, the Ministry of Health said there were 34 new Omicron cases.

The ministry said there were active cases being treated as Omicron in Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Palmerston North, and Nelson-Tasman.

It said many of the new cases have previously been reported and linked retrospectively, so were not included in today’s report of new community cases.

“The number of cases and contacts are expected to grow given the highly transmissible nature of Omicron and as we learn more from case interviews.”

The ministry also confirmed that one of the five cases who tested positive in Auckland after going to the Soundsplash music festival in Hamilton over the weekend is the Omicron variant.

The ministry said there were five people in hospital, with one in intensive care.

Today’s new community cases were in Auckland (22), Waikato (2), Bay of Plenty (3), Rotorua (7), Taranaki (1), Hawke’s Bay (8) and Nelson Marlborough (2).

At least one of the Auckland cases cases is linked to known or suspected Omicron cases, and the others remain under investigation.

One of the three new cases in the Bay of Plenty today is part of a Tauranga household with two other cases, which have been linked to the January Omicron cluster.

Three new cases in the area are linked to an exposure event at the early childhood centre BestStart Pyes Pa on 19 January and are being treated as Omicron. They will be included officially in tomorrow’s numbers.

A second case of Covid-19 in Taranaki has also been linked to the January Omicron cluster. The case is a household contact of the case reported yesterday and is in isolation.

Two cases in Nelson Marlborough are part of a household which has been epidemiologically linked to the January Omicron cluster.

Six of the seven new cases in Rotorua are household contacts of previous cases and all of the eight new cases in Hawke’s Bay are linked to the Hastings Delta cluster.

One case in Tairāwhiti, which will be added to the total tomorrow, is believed to have become infected during travel outside of the region.

There were also 51 new cases reported at the border today, with cases arriving from USA, UAE, UK, India, Austria, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Australia, Pakistan, Brazil, Turkey, Dominica, Spain and Serbia.

Yesterday, there were 23 new community cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand, with the total number of Omicron cases reported in the community at 56.

There have now been 11,601 cases in the current outbreak and 15,466 cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand since the pandemic began.

The ministry said Canterbury is the third DHB to fully vaccinate more than 90 percent of eligible Māori, and that more than four million first doses of a Covid-19 vaccine have now been administered to New Zealand’s 12+ population across the country.

There were 13,995 paediatric doses given yesterday. With a total of 124,155 doses, 26 percent of the 5 to 11 age group have now received a vaccine dose, with another 25,596 booked in for a first dose.

There were 50,946 boosters administered yesterday, bringing the total to 1,163,046.

Meanwhile, new modelling from an overseas health research organisation shows New Zealand could be facing 50,000 daily Omicron infections by Waitangi weekend, peaking at about 80,000 each day just a few weeks later.

And doctors are warning they will not be able to help all of their patients when there are thousands of daily Omicron infections.

Covid-19: 23 new community cases reported in NZ, number of Omicron cases reaches 56

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Kaniva Staff
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By RNZ.co.nz and is republished with permission.

There have been 23 new community cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand today, with the total number of Omicron cases reported in the community now at 56.

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In a statement, the Ministry of Health said there were also 36 new cases at the border

There are six people in hospital with the coronavirus in New Zealand.

Today’s new community cases are in Northland (one), Auckland (12), Waikato (three), Rotorua (five), Capital and Coast (one), Nelson Marlborough (one).

The ministry said there had now been 56 community cases confirmed as Omicron through whole genome sequencing, or were suspected Omicron.

That included 44 cases linked to a family event and other associated events in Auckland on the weekend of 15 and 16 January. The 15 new cases being reported today are in Auckland, Taranaki, and Nelson Marlborough.

The number of cases linked to the three border workers reported earlier this month has doubled from six to 12.

There are now eight cases associated with the MIQ border worker first reported on 16 January, and three associated with the Auckland airport worker first reported on 21 January.

A Covid-19 case in Taranaki has also been linked to the January Omicron cluster and will be included in the case count tomorrow.

The ministry said the case was on the same flight as the air steward that was part of this cluster and they had been isolating since being identified as a close contact.

All close contacts identified so far were in isolation and being tested for Covid-19.

One of the three new cases in the Nelson Tasman region is part of a household that has also been linked to the January Omicron cluster. The other two were detected this morning and were under investigation. They were being treated as suspected Omicron.

The number of cases and contacts was expected to grow given the highly transmissible nature of Omicron, the ministry said.

Today’s new cases at the border came from UAE, USA, Australia, India, UK, Colombia, Qatar, Iran, Scotland, Pakistan, Fiji, Austria, Sri Lanka, Canada and Brazil.

Yesterday there were 25 new cases of Covid-19 in the community including 10 confirmed Omicron cases.

There have now been 11,564 cases in the current community outbreak and a total of 15,369 cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand since the pandemic began.

The ministry said Auckland has become the second DHB to fully vaccinate 90 percent of Māori within their rohe, while South Canterbury has become the ninth DHB area to vaccinate 90 percent of Māori with a first dose.

There were 15,102 paediatric doses given yesterday, bringing the total to 110,123, along with 56,899 booster doses.

Mango survivors mourn dead tsunami victim while awaiting rescuers

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Kaniva Staff
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Survivors and relatives of one of the deceased after Tonga’s fatal tsunami lamented the body of the man who died in the island of Mango.

All houses on the island were wiped out by the deadly waves of up to 15 metres high.

At least three people have died following the massive volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami wave.

One of them was Telai Tutuila, 65, of Mango.

Tutu’ila’s funeral service was captured on video which is believed to have been taken shortly after the tsunami.

It shows what appeared to be the deceased’s body covered with Tongan mats and blankets while mourners were heard crying and standing around it.

The video was uploaded to Facebook by Mango resident Piokalafi Faka’osi who goes by the Facebook name Piokalafi Fakaoc on Monday.

It has been viewed more than 20,000 times. It received about 700 reactions and 70 shares on Faka’osi’ Facebook account.

Another post showed Tutu’ila’s cemetery with farewell messages including one which a survivor asked him to look after the island while they were being away.

All Mango survivors had been evacuated to Tongatapu this week.

Tongan woman shot dead in the US, Police investigation underway

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Kaniva Staff
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Police in Salt Lake City are investigating the shooting death of a Tongan woman on Sunday morning.

According to police, the incident happened at 130 South 800 West at 9.22am, KSL FM reported. 

The police found 50-year-old Anetupou Niualiku’s body was found with a gunshot wound.

First responders performed live-saving procedures on the victim, but she died at the scene.

Officers searched the area for a suspect, any other victims and secured the crime scene.

Through the preliminary investigation, police said this appeared to be an isolated incident. And there is no danger to the public.

The investigation into the shooting death is ongoing. Anyone with information should call 801-799-3000.

Why didn’t sirens go off before deadly tsunami hit? Disaster Minister’s response unclear

By
Kalino Latu
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The Minister of Disaster and Deputy Prime Minister Poasi Tei did not directly answer a question asking why tsunami warning sirens did not sound before the powerful waves devastated the kingdom.

Disaster Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Poasi Tei (L)< FM Broadcom Radio Director Katalina Tohi

The Managing Director of Radio FM Broadcom, Katalina Tohi, asked the Minister during Sunday’s press conference to explain whether the sirens were damaged.

“I did not hear the sirens. Maybe Poasi will explain what had happened,” Tohi said in Tongan.

She told the conference it was important for them to be cautious about what they would do and what instruction they should give to people if things like this happened again.

Tohi also said the police had to order people who were at the Nuku’alofa waterfront watching the Hungas’ eruptions to leave and go to higher grounds, meaning the people were unaware a tsunami was coming.

Minister’s response unclear 

Hon. Tei did not answer the question directly, but instead said that when he was assured a tsunami was coming, he immediately called the director of the Met Service and told him to “sound the alarm for evacuation.” He did not say what happened to the siren and whether the alarm he was referring to was meant for the sirens.

The Minister said he was at his home on the day of the tsunami when he heard the explosion from the Hungas. He did not mention hearing any sirens.

Our correspondent in Tongatapu said no sirens were heard even when the waves started flooding Nuku’alofa in the afternoon. He said the sirens were allegedly damaged.

He said the government’s tsunami warnings were announced on the radio.

Sirens could have forewarned residents

Critics believed a siren warning might have helped warn some residents in time to flee to higher ground. An earlier warning might have given them time to take provisions with them. This would have been especially helpful on the islands of ‘Atatā and Mango.

Local reports said that about six hours before the tsunami hit Tongatapu on Saturday, January 15, people lined up at the Nuku’alofa waterfront, which is 65km from the Hungas, to watch an unusual swirling of the water. The same unusual activity was seen in the waters around Mango the same morning.

A report from Kanokupolu, which was the hardest-hit town in Tongatapu, said a tsunami hit the town before the deafening explosion was heard from the Hungas.

Many believed if the sirens had been working, they could have been sounded ahead of the shockwaves striking the islands.

Local media who interviewed the Mango evacuees after they arrived in Nuku’alofa yesterday revealed the survivors were uninformed and they did not mention hearing any sirens.

Many said the tsunami happened so quickly and suddenly that they were “absolutely unprepared”.

Children warn parents 

Some parents said before the tsunami hit they were busy with their normal preparation of food and cooking for the following day, which was Sunday. They only became aware of the deadly waves coming after their children called at them to look at the sea.

Some said they were confused when they heard people yelling at them to run.

They said when the first explosion was heard the big waves had already crashed in the middle of the village, destroying houses and trees.

They found their first high ground to take refuge, but the waves were so big they had to keep running into the bush before they felt safe.

Fear of famine

There was a fear of a possible famine in Tonga after the tsunami caused significant damage and wiped out some towns and islands. It also blanketed the whole of Tongatapu with a thick layer of volcanic ash.

Most plantations are dying while families are struggling to clean up the dust brought inland by one of the world’s most powerful volcanic eruptions.

Dead animals

Meanwhile, the public is being warned to keep away from places which are littered with animal carcasses drowned in the tsunami. Locals have been left retching over the putrid smell of rotting cows and pigs.

Work to remove the animal remains are in progress in Tongatapu, especially in the town of Kanokupolu.

N95 masks ruled out for public as mask policy updated

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Kaniva Staff
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The government is tightening its rules for mask use under the ‘red’ traffic light setting.

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Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says a three-layer cloth mask is acceptable for the public. Photo: RNZ

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said under the red setting, masks must now be worn at food and drink businesses, close proximity businesses, events and gatherings. The same exceptions for when people are eating, drinking or exercising still apply.

She said the changes do not apply to non-public facing workplaces, swimming pools, and gatherings where people have the exclusive use of the premises.

Face coverings must now also be “an actual mask”, the prime minister said during her post-Cabinet briefing.

“That means no more scarves, bandanas, or as some of us may have seen from time to time, t-shirts pulled up over the face, for example.”

All workers legally mandated to be vaccinated must also now wear a medical-grade mask, for example type 2R or level 2 mask or above, while working in public-facing roles. This includes the widely available blue medical grade disposable masks.

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield who also attended the briefing said the government was not recommending the use of N95 masks for the general public.

This was partly because they were expensive and may not be easy to access for some people.

He said for the general public, a three-layer cloth mask was acceptable.

Ardern added that this was guidance rather than a rule.

School students Year 4 and up are already required to wear a mask. For consistency they will now need to wear a mask while on Ministry of Education-funded school transport services and public transport.

Ardern said the science has been updated and these changes will help save lives and give time to get more of the population boosted.

The Ministry of Health will be updating guidance on masks, including how to safely reuse masks that can be reused, and how to ensure the best fit.

Covid Response Minister Chris Hipkins has defended the recommendation that people use disposable surgical or medical grade masks, saying it is an issue of practicality.

“We are using in N95 masks in those higher risk settings, such as healthcare workers, those who are working at the border,” he told Checkpoint.

“We’ve got to make sure that people can comply and we know that those paper masks – the medical grade masks – they’re readily available from the supermarket … so people can actually use them.”

Hipkins said he would have more to say soon on mask supply and mask use in schools.

“We’re also making sure we’re working with community organisations, food banks and others to make sure that masks are available to those who might not otherwise be able to access them.”

Baby and teen among latest Covid-19 deaths in Fiji

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Kaniva Staff
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By RNZ.co.nz and is republished with permission.

A baby and a teenager are among the latest deaths from Covid-19 being reported in Fiji.

They were among 11 new deaths reported today which raised the national tally since the start of the pandemic to 779.

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Fiji’s Government also confirmed 987 new cases over three days, with 240 of them in the 24 hours to 8am on Monday.

In this latest third wave, 135 people have recovered from Covid-19 in Fiji, but the Health Ministry said there are 2,575 active cases still in isolation.

Health Secretary Dr James Fong said of the latest cases, 656 of them were recorded on 22 January, 81 on 23 January, and 250 cases reported on 24 January.

He said 859 cases were in the Central Division, 62 in the West and 18 cases in the North.

“Overall, there have been 61,898 cases recorded, with 68 percent of the cases from the Central Division, 28 percent from the Western Division, 1 percent of the cases from the Eastern Division and 3 percent from the Northern Division,” Dr Fong said in his virus update on Monday night.

Of the Covid-19 deaths reported from 13-23 January, Dr Fong said five deaths were reported in the Central Division, three from the west, two from the east and one from the Northern Division.

He said two of the deceased were below the age of 18 years old “who both had pre-existing conditions from birth that contributed to the severity of their sickness and deaths.”

The rest of the victims were aged between 50 and 83, he said.

Dr James Fong.
Dr James Fong. Photo: Fiji govt

“The remaining individuals were at a higher risk of severe disease due to their ages or underlying medical conditions,” Dr Fong said.

He said five of the people who died were not vaccinated, one had only received his first dose, three were fully vaccinated and two were not eligible for vaccination.

The four-month-old infant from the Western Division was brought to a remote nursing station on 13 January in a severely weakened state, Dr Fong said.

“He was medically assessed and stabilised by the attending medical staff and a Covid test was done, which was noted to be positive.

“He passed away before he could be transferred to Lautoka Hospital, despite the resuscitation efforts of the attending medical staff.

“Records show that the infant had been born with medical complications and was lost to follow-up.”

Dr Fong said the 15-year-old boy was admitted to the Suva Colonial War Memorial Hospital (CWMH) on 17 January.

“He had a significant pre-existing medical condition that contributed to the worsening of his Covid-19 complications. He died on January 19 and was not vaccinated.”

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Photo: Fiji Government Facebook

Dr Fong said the deaths of the two children with underlying health conditions were sad reminders that as cases increased to very high numbers in the community, “our most vulnerable are at higher risk of being infected and suffering from severe disease”.

“We know that severe disease is rare in children, but this risk increases should they have significant underlying health conditions.”

Dr Fong said the ministry was not able to determine the full impact of coronavirus on a person with severe co-morbidities who had tested positive and died.

He said this could be because many of these deaths are occurring at home or people are presenting very late to the hospitals.

“Trying to work out to what extent did Covid-19 cause the death and to what extent co-morbidities causing the death is not easy. When you talk about expensive- we’re talking about the expense in terms of money and in terms of time taken to run one test.

“We have also recorded 756 Covid-19 positive patients who died from other serious medical conditions unrelated to Covid-19; their doctors determined that Covid-19 did not contribute to their deaths, therefore these are not classified as Covid-19 deaths.”

Dr Fong said there were 169 Covid-19 patients in hospital, with 78 of them in the central division, 70 in the west and 21 in the eastern division.

Fiji has had 61,968 cases of Covid-19 since March 2020, with 61,898 reported since April 2021. There have been 58,856 recoveries.

Covid-19 update: 25 new community cases, including 10 of Omicron

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Kaniva Staff
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By RNZ.co.nz and is republished with permission.

There are 25 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today, including 10 confirmed Omicron cases.

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In a statement, the Ministry of Health said the new cases are located in Northland (1), Auckland (18), Bay of Plenty (2), Lakes (2), MidCentral (1) and Nelson Marlborough (1).

It said there are two Omicron cases in Tauranga.

“Both cases are in the same household and are isolating at home. Case investigations are ongoing but, at this stage, there are a limited number of exposure events associated with these cases.”

The ministry said one Omicron case was in Nelson Tasman and are a household contact of a previously reported case. They were already isolating when they tested positive.

And another case in Palmerston North that is a household contact of a previously reported case was also already isolating when they tested positive.

The last six Omicron cases reported today are in Auckland – all have been linked to events on 15 and 16 January.

The ministry revealed that a case from the January Omicron cluster also attended a second private event in Auckland during their infectious period.

“The exposure occurred on the evening of (Sunday) 16 January at the Pukekohe Indian Hall in Auckland.

“Auckland Regional Public Health Service believe a large number of people attended this event. Anyone at this location at the relevant times is asked to get tested immediately, and self-isolate until a negative result has been returned.”

Further locations of interest have also been identified across Auckland and the Nelson Tasman region and will be published on the Ministry’s website as they are confirmed, the ministry said.

To date, there are 29 community cases of Covid-19 associated with the January Omicron Cluster, all are in isolation.

“Public health officials are continuing to manage Omicron cases in the community through rapidly isolating cases and contacts, contact tracing, and testing in order to slow the spread.”

At the border, there are 37 new cases today.

There are also 10 people with the virus in hospital today – five in North Shore, two in Auckland, one in Middlemore and two in Rotorua.

The average age of those currently hospitalised is 62.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is due to lay out a blueprint for how the country will handle the three planned stages of a widespread outbreak of the Omicron variant tomorrow.

At its update yesterday, the ministry announced that there were 25 new community cases, including eight Omicron cases.

There were also 50 new cases identified in managed isolation.

More to come…

Antiviral medications may not be available until after Omicron peak

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Kaniva Staff
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‘Oku taupotu ‘i lalo ha fakamatala fakaTonga

Antiviral medications ordered by the government may not be available until after the peak of the Omicron outbreak – if they get approval.

Pfizer in the making of its Covid-19 antiviral pills, Paxlovid, in Freiburg, Germany in 2021.

Pfizer in the making of its Covid-19 antiviral pills, Paxlovid, in Germany in 2021. Photo: Handout / Pfizer / AFP

The government announced last year it had advanced purchase agreements for 60,000 doses each of Molnupiravir, manufactured by Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), and Paxlovid, made by Pfizer, but neither is approved for use here yet.

The new antivirals have been hailed as a game changer for Covid-19 if given in the first five days of infection and are aimed at those most at risk of getting very sick or developing complications.

Overseas trials found Pfizer’s Paxlovid cut the chance of hospitalisation by 89 percent.

In New Zealand, Paxlovid is still going through the Medsafe approval process, while MSD has not yet sought approval for Molnupiravir.

Royal NZ College of GPs medical director Bryan Betty said the approval process must happen as quickly as was safely possible.

“The sooner we have the ducks lined up and approval … the better off we’ll be,” he said.

But even if the drugs arrived too late for this outbreak, they would still be invaluable in winter when cases could rise again, he said.

The 120,000 doses on order may not be enough and the government should consider ordering more, he said.

The Ministry of Health said Pfizer had just submitted more data for approval and it was likely that would be considered by its expert advisory group in mid-February.

If it was then approved, it would be well in advance of the timeline for supply, a ministry spokesperson said.

That was expected to be April.

Paxlovid was approved under emergency use rules in the United States last month.

FAKAMATALA FAKATONGA

‘Oku lava ke ma’u ‘a e fo’i’akau ‘enitivailolo ki he Koviti ki he kakai ‘oku nau puke he vailasi.

Ko e fo’i’akau ko eni ke folo ia ‘i loto ‘i he ‘aho nima ‘o ‘ene kamata ‘asi’. ‘Oku fakafuofua ‘e a’u ki he taha miliona e kakai ‘e lava ken au faito’o heni’.

Mei lahi foki e kakai Pasifiki mo Mauli ‘oku ‘i ai honau ngaahi mahaki tauhi kau ki heni mo e kau Kiwi matu’otu’a ange’ pea ‘e lava ke lahi ange faingamalie ken au mate mei he Koviti’.

Fakatatau ki he Potungaue Mo’ui kuo ‘osi fakamo’oni’i ‘a e tokoni ‘a e faito’o kona fakangofua (drugs) ke ne fakasi’isi’i ‘a e tokoto fale mahaki mo e mate’.

The three anti-virals available are Nirmatrelvir with ritonavir (branded as Paxlovid), Molnupiravir (branded as Lagevrio) and Rremdesivir, an infusion treatment (branded as Veklury).

Ko e Paxlovid ‘oku fa’u ia ‘e he Faisa. Na’e pehe ‘e ha lipooti ‘a e New Zealand Herald na’e fa’u ‘eni ke ne fakasi’isi’i ‘a e fakatu’utāmaki ‘e ala fakatokoto ai ‘i fale mahaki pe mate ‘i he vailasi ‘e ala a’u ki he pēseti ‘e 86.

Ko e tafa’aki kovi ‘o e faito’o’ ni ‘e kau ai ‘a e ongo’i mamatea, fakalele, lahi ange ‘a e toto mā’olunga mo e langa ‘a e uoua’. Ko e ngaahi ola ‘eni kuo taku ‘o pehē ‘oku tō lotoloto pe.

Lolotonga ‘a e hoko ‘a e huhu malu’i ko e to’omotafi taha ia ke ne malu’i ‘a e Koviti 19, ‘oku fakaai ‘e he antivirual ha ngaahi faito’o malu’i hono ua kia kinautolu ‘oku tu’u he tu’unga fakatu’utanaki.

Kuopau ke ma’u ‘e he kakai ‘a e faka’ilonga ‘o e Koviti pe tesi positive he Koviti pe ‘i ai ha taha honau fale’ ne ma’u ‘e he Koviti’ kae lava ke toki ma’u ha’ane fo’i’akau ‘enitivailolo.

‘E lava ke ma’u foki ‘e he kakai ‘a e ‘enitīvailolo ko ‘eni’ kapau kuo ma’u ‘a e mahaki tauhi hangē ko e kanisā, mahaki’ia ‘a e ma’ama’a pe halanga mānava’, mafu hangē ko e mahaki ki he halanga toto mo e lumetiki, konisenitolo, suka pe mahaki’ia ‘a e kofuua’, ne ‘osi ‘ave kinautolu ki ha tokangaeikina’anga mahaki tuunga ‘i hano tesi positive kinautolu ‘i he Koviti’.

‘E lava ke ma’u ‘a e pelesikulipisini ko ‘eni mei he toketā fakafamili’ pe ‘e lava pe ma’u ‘ikai ha pelesikulipisini.

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