Pacific Islands: Tropical Cyclone Yasa Humanitarian Situation Report No. 3 (22-24 December 2020)
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Preliminary report of initial damage assessment by the government in the 3 provinces in the Northern Division show that more than 1,900 houses were damaged or destroyed. These are homes to more than 10,000 people including 3,000 children.
UNICEF has delivered all of its WASH kits and water containers pre- positioned in Fiji to the Northern Division. Distribution of Education supplies are put on hold until assessments of schools are completed. Some UNICEF supplies stored in the Australian government warehouse in Brisbane have been mobilized for delivery in Fiji.
The Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), the World Food Programme (WFP) and Fiji Airways are helping deliver UNICEF supplies from the Brisbane warehouse to Fiji.
December 23, 2020
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In this Dec. 20, 2020, file photo, People stand in lines to get COVID-19 tests in Samut Sakhon, South of Bangkok. Thailand, which has kept the coronavirus largely in check for most of the year, is facing a challenge from a large outbreak of the virus among migrant workers in the province close to Bangkok.
Credit: AP Photo/Jerry Harmer, File
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CANBERRA TO DECIDE FIJI S MINI SOUTH PACIFIC GAMES Submitted by admin on Thu, 09/27/2001 - 00:00
MELBOURNE, Australia (September 26, 2001 – Radio Australia) -Organizers of this December s Mini South Pacific Games on Norfolk Island are hoping to find out this week whether Fiji will attend the event.
Norfolk Island is administered by Australia, which is yet to repeal a series of sanctions imposed on Fiji following last year s coup.
Tom Lloyd of the Mini South Pacific Games Organizing Committee says Fiji has entered 121 athletes, but says their attendance will ultimately be decided by Australia s Department of Foreign Affairs. Our government here has written to foreign affairs asking them to give us a waiver to allow the Fijian athletes to come, Mr. Lloyd said. Our latest information was that the sports bans were still in place, but that we had the option as the organizers of the event to appeal direct to the Minister for a waiver of that.
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